INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis family is still searching for answers a week after their son got hit and injured by a car while he was riding a bike on the city's south side.

Last Thursday, 15-year-old Dylan Pearcy got hit along Stop 10 Road near Linden Drive while he was riding his bike home from the YMCA. Now exactly one week later, he and his family are still looking for that driver who took off from the scene.

"When I got that call, I felt like I was going to throw up," said Catrina Smith-Pearcy, Dylan's mother.

Smith-Pearcy said she was proud of her 15-year-old son when he used his own hard-earned money to buy himself an electric bike. But she said she has always been anxious about him riding it along busy streets.

Like any teenager, Dylan would give a snarky little reply when he felt his mom was being a tad overprotective.

"When he leaves out of here, I say to him, 'Please be careful,'" she described. "And he, being the teenager he is, says, '"I'm going to get hit by a car.'"

But last Thursday, that innocent little quip turned into a frightening reality.

"I just hear a car speeding up on the left of me," Dyland described. "And I look and then I just get hit by the car."

Dylan said a dark grey mid-sized SUV t-boned him. The crash thrusted him to the ground, breaking his wrist and giving him a throbbing road rash.

"[It was] shocking," Dylan said. "More shocking than anything because nobody expects to get hit by a car."

The family said the driver initially stopped.

"After she struck him, the daughter kind of opened her door and looked over the car and said, 'Are you okay,'" Smith-Pearcy said. "He said, 'I'm not okay.' And she said something to her mom in another language and then the mom said something to her because her window was down and she got right back in the car. The car door shut and they sped off."

Police are now investigating this crash as a hit-and-run, which is something that has been deeply concerning for Dylan and his family, especially after a driver struck and killed a 14-year-old Cumberland boy just one week earlier.

"It could've been so much worse," Smith-Pearcy said. "I just want her to be held accountable. You can't just hit people and run away, walk away. You just can't do that. Just the anger of somebody hitting him and not stopping is awful."

Dylan's wrist is still recovering. In a couple of weeks, they will find out if he needs surgery. In the meantime, the family is hoping the driver comes forward. They are also urging drivers to slow down, look out and stay on scene.

Police are still investigating the crash. Anyone with information can call Crimestoppers at 317-262-tips.

The police report does list the suspect as a female driver. IMPD has not released any information about the suspect vehicle.