The victim of a hit and run is speaking out in hopes of finding out the person that ran her down, leaving her severely injured and looking for answers.

Mailane Bituin Bunga said she was struck by a green van at a crosswalk on Fleet Rd. in Hampstead last month.

“It was a blink, a blink of an eye. I turn like that and then I fell,” she said.

Every 30 minutes Bituin Bunga needs to breathe through a device to prevent fluid from entering her lungs. She also suffered a broken leg, ribs and fingers.

Using the crosswalk, she said other cars stopped, but the green van sped through.

“The car at the end, he passed all the other cars that stopped for me,” she said, describing the driver who struck her as a Caucasian man in his early 20s.

He got out of the green van he was driving, then panicked and fled the scene, she said.

Few witnesses have come forward and the police have no suspects.

“Why did he abandon me instead of staying with me and calling the police, calling the ambulance? What if I died? He doesn't know that I'm the breadwinner of the family,” she said.

Almost eight years ago, Bituin Bunga came to Montreal from the Philippines to provide a better future for her family.

She has three children and two grandchildren, and sends money back home.

With her injuries, however, she can't work. She is receiving care at the Chateau Westmount, the private long-term care facility where she worked.

She's staying as a patient at $250 per day, money that's coming out of her savings, because of bureaucratic delays with her auto and employment insurance.

“It's like I'm a (bouncing) ball. I call this, call this and call this. I don't get the simple answer to my question,” she said.

Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture said police are asking for the public's help in the investigation.

“We're hoping to have more witnesses in order to find the car and the driver,” he said.

The accident occurred on June 25, the same day Bituin Bunga’s permanent residency status was approved, making it possible for her to bring her children to Canada.

“You know, 15 years of separation is never easy,” she said.