D.C. Teen Jeremiah Williams Remains in Coma After Hit-And-Run

Jeremiah Williams' grandmother says she's remaining by his side, waiting for his eyes to open. He's been in a coma since he was struck by a hit-and-run driver Tuesday night in D.C.

The accident was reported around 5 p.m. when Williams was crossing East Capitol near 50th Street.

The 17-year-old is being kept alive through a feeding tube while doctors attempt to control internal bleeding and a collapsed lung. They're also working to save one of his legs.

"They put some pins in to hold it together. They got a pin at his ankle, pin at his knee, pin at his hip," his grandmother, who helped raise him, said. "I'm just waiting for him to open his eyes. I know he's going to open his eyes."

Williams is a junior at Woodson High School in D.C. where he succeeded academically and played the cymbals in the school band.

"It's hard," Woodson High School band director Anthony Moore said Friday night while visiting Williams at the hospital. "My band guys are like my own children, so that's one of my sons. The guys in the band know about it, one of them has already been up here to see him."

The individual who struck Williams immediately fled the scene, and police don't have much to go on -- they say they're looking for a dark-colored car.

If you have any information, call police at 202-727-9099.

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