19-year-old Santa Rosa woman dies days after she was hit by a car while walking her dog

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Nineteen-year-old Natalee Fisher of Santa Rosa has been taken off life support. This comes days after she and her dog were hit by a car as they walked to Northwest Community Park in Santa Rosa.

"I just feel like this is as unlucky as it gets because she was two blocks away from home," her father Nathan Fisher said.

Natalee Fisher was out walking her family's dog Sebastian last Thursday, when she and Sebastian were struck by a car in a crosswalk.

"It's just a nightmare, a living nightmare right now," Nathan Fisher said. "She left, and we heard the ambulance, and we have a wolf hybrid dog, and he was howling during that time, and we felt something off. And then we got the knock, and then it just went downhill from there."

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That's when they learned Natalee Fisher had been taken to the hospital. A short time later, doctors told the family she was brain dead, then this past Sunday, she was taken off life support.

"Just the hardest thing a parent would ever have to do, just the hardest, absolute nightmare," Nathan Fisher said as he fought back tears.

"She was like my best friend," Natalee's sister Hailee said.

The vehicle that struck her was traveling westbound along West Steele Lane. The collision happened along that road and in the crosswalk leading to Northwest Community Park.

Police say the driver was a 42-year-old woman who did stop after the accident. No charges have been filed against her as investigators are still trying to determine who was at fault. They don't believe alcohol or speed factored into the crash.

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"I just don't understand how someone is not able to see such a big dog if again you're doing 30 miles per hour, 35 miles per hour, you should still be able to see the dog," Natalee's uncle, Kevin Monterroso said.

Santa Rosa City Officials are considering lowering traffic speeds to improve safety in some nearby areas.

"Walkers, you gotta have ears, drivers you gotta have eyes, and I'm not going to ever stop saying it," Nathan Fisher said. "That's my message to anyone who is going to go out on a busy road in town."

The family dog Sebastian did survive and appears to be doing much better. Family members say he dealt with internal bleeding and more tests are needed.

A GoFundMe was started to help the Fisher family out with funeral expenses or veterinarian costs.