Stephanie Rainaldo was out on a rare date with her husband when a dark blue Mazda 626 driven by a young man with dark hair hit her as she crossed the road in front of the library between 10:15 and 10:30 p.m., she said.

"This car actually sped up, hit me, I bounced off the car and then it took off, didn’t slow down or anything," Rainaldo said. "It’s a four-lane road, and he could have gone in one of the other lanes to get around me."

She said she hopes patrons at the nearby bar or other passersby may have seen what happened and can give the information to police.

With seven stitches in her chin, shooting pain whenever she breathes and her wrist and ankle in braces, she had a tough time teaching her class Sunday morning at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Bothell.

"We were supposed to do a play of the Three Wise Men," she said, "but I had to just pop in a ‘Veggie Tales’ video, because I couldn’t do anything."

The experience has also shaken her husband, who thought she was dead when he saw her lying in the street, and her two young children, Rainaldo said.

"Truthfully, the part that got me is that he didn’t even stop to see if I was OK," she said. "I could have forgiven being hit."

If you have information about the accident, call the Everett police tip line at 425-257-8450.

Laura Akers, 22, was taken to Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus for neck injuries, according to the Washington State Patrol. She was treated and released.

Akers was a passenger in a 1990 Honda Accord driven by Christina Miller, 23, also of Snohomish, which was struck as it exited I-5 southbound onto Everett Mall Way by another 1990 Honda Accord driven by Aleksandr Onishchuk, 18, of Marysville. The impact slammed Miller’s car into the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer in front of her, driven by Lea Olson, 30, of Arlington.

The state patrol reported that Onishchuk’s car was totaled. Miller’s and Olson’s cars were driven from the scene with less than $1,000 damage done to each vehicle.