CPCC Student: “I really could have lost my life that night.”

CHARLOTTE, NC — A family is searching for the driver who hit a student on CPCC campus and drove off, leaving him battered in the middle of the street.

This is the second car to hit a student walking on Central Piedmont Community College campus in two weeks, according to CPCC.

CPCC released a photo of the latest car that hit the student and drove off.

It’s a white Ford Escort that could be as old as 1997.

“I really could have lost my life that night,” said Adrion Bittle. “Especially me blacking out and not even remembering what happened. That could have been just my last memory there.”

The college sophomore just left pre-calculus class at CPCC around 8:00 Tuesday night when the car hit him on a crosswalk on Elizabeth Ave.

“I woke up, and I was on the left side of the road,” said Bittle.

Witnesses say the car paused briefly and sped off.

“They obviously knew that they had hit him but common decency of waiting around to see if he was alright was gone out the window,” said the student’s father, Adrian Bittle.

Bittle’s father says his son had to spend the night in the trauma unit. He had to get 10 stitches in his chin. He had a concussion and bruised arm and leg.

“The situation could have totally ended up a lot worse than what it has been,” said the father.

Bittle is the second student hit on campus in two weeks, but CPCC says the first car was not a hit and run. That student had minor injuries as well.

Now, you will notice a CMPD patrol car with flashing lights on parked on campus during busy hours.

The car requested a CMPD electronic sigh that says slow down, pedestrian crossing.

It asked Charlotte Department of Transportation paint crosswalks with reflective paint and add “push to walk” buttons that will force cars to stop.

The cross guards have been out there on campus during busy hours for two years.

“My understanding is that they do a fabulous job during the day but are kind of limited during the evening hours,” said the father.

He says it’s disturbing that the driver is still on the road somewhere and could hurt someone else.

It’s been almost a week, and CMPD has received no tips on the driver or car.

Problem is, it had a 30 day temporary tag so that isn’t helping police track down the driver.

Police say there could be front end damage on the driver’s side front of the car.

You could get a cash reward of up to $2,000 if you turn the driver into CMPD. The  number is 704-334-1600.