CHP: Help Find This Teen Who Paralyzed a Young Woman

More than a week after she was mowed down on a sidewalk while walking hand-in-hand with a friend, Nicole Brown, 25, lies in a hospital bed with no feeling from the chest down. She can’t talk and doesn’t remember the horrific crash that put her here, but she’ll live with the consequences of that night for the rest of her life.

Nicole’s doctors have told her family that she has just a one percent chance of ever walking again. Meanwhile, the CHP today released a photo of the teen they say was behind the wheel of a Volvo SUV that launched her body 40 feet when it slammed into her.

Trevor Maddy, 17, was the driver, according to the CHP. They say he is actively ”avoiding arrest.”

The crash happened at 3:30 a.m. on June 13 on Treasure Island Drive in Aptos. If you know where Maddy is, call the CHP’s Santa Cruz office at 831-662-0511.

The CHP found a silver 2004 Volvo XC90 SUV abandoned in Watsonville that they believe struck Brown. The vehicle was seized as evidence.

Nicole mother, Alicia Brown of Capitola, told KSBW that her daughter is “amazing, wonderful, beautiful, and smart.”

Once found, Maddy will be charged with a felony.

--Image of Maddy via CHP