Police seek sedan, witnesses after couple badly injured in hit and run by Westbrook Mall

Police are asking for the public's help to find a dark-coloured sedan likely with damage to its front-endand possibly its windshield after a hit and run left a pedestrian in hospital in critical condition and seriously injured another.

One of the pedestrians, a37-year-old man, remainedin hospital in critical condition on Monday, the Calgary Police Service said as it issued an update on the hit and run on Monday afternoon.

The other,a38-year-old woman, remains in hospital with with serious injuries.

The couple were walking at the intersection of 13th Avenue and 37th Street S.W. near Westbrook Mall in southwest Calgaryat about 1:30 a.m.Sunday when they were hit by the sedan, police said.

The driver failed to remain at the scene and fled northbound on 37th Street S.W.

Family members of the couple said Sunday that the man'sparents witnessed the accident.

"Both victims are in a bad way and the hospital will not allow [their]parentsto be with them. It is pure hell and torment for us all," a family member said in a statement sent via Facebook.

The family urged anyone with information to contact police.

Anyone with information on the whereaboutsof the vehicle is asked to call the Calgary Police Service's traffic section at 403-567-4000,or to contact Crime Stoppers to provide a tip anonymously.