BREAKING NEWS OFF THE TOP, AN A MAJOR BREAK IN THE CAUSE OF A HIT AND RUN CASE THAT PUT A LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER IN THE HOSPITAL. THE VICTIM AGENCY LEG SEVERELY INJURED BUT TONIGHT THE PERSON POLICE SAY IS RESPONSIBLE AND FOR HITTING HIM AND DRIVING AWAY IS CAUGHT. Reporter: POLICE PICKED UP A WOMAN IN CONNECTION WITH THIS HIT AND RUN CRASH. SHE IS 31 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS GOOD NEWS TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY. THE FAMILY BEING TOLD DOCTORS MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE HIS LIFE. WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN HER FACE, MALIDA DESCRIBES THESE SERIOUSNESS OF HER HUSBAND'S INJURIES. HE WAS STILL AWAKE BUT HIS LEG WAS VERY, VERY BAD RIGHT NOW. R A FAMILY HELPS TRANSLATE THE WORDS OF THE TEARFUL WIFE AND MOTHER WHO WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE HER HUSBAND BACK HOME. THEY SUPPORT THE FAMILY, ESSENTIALLY, SO NOW WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. Reporter: IN FACT, ISMEL WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK, PREPARE FORGE A CONSTRUCTION JOB WHILE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NEAR SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET WHEN HE WAS HIT. THE OTHER EQUIPMENT IS THERE, GETTING READY TO DO WORK AT 7:00 7:30IN THE MORNING WITHIN SEVERAL WITHINS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE SUV AND IT WORKED. HOURS LATER COPS CAUGHT UP AND ARRESTED THE SUSPECTED HIT ANEANDAND RUN DRIVER. FAMILY MEMBERS GOT WORD WHILE IN THE ER. I SAW HIM FOR A LITTLE BIT AND HE'S STILL IN A LOT OF PAPER BUT RECOVERING. Reporter: HIS OWN SON, FIDEL MARTINEZ WAS ELECTRICS HURT AND SUFFERED A GASH ON HIS FOOT. TONIGHT HIS SON AND FAMILY ARE THANKFUL THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE. I THINK EVERYONE IS AT PEACE HE'S BETTER AND WILL RECOVERY TIME. Reporter: MARTINEZ WILL SURVIVE. HE IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE FAMILY DECIDING TO LEAVE FOR THE NIGHT. AS FOR THE FEMALE SUSPECT, SHE HAS NOT YET BEEN BOOKED IF JAIL. WE SEARCHED HER CRIMINAL HISTORY AND THE OATH THING WE FIND A