Georgia Gwinnett Professor In Hit-And-Run Dies From Injuries

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - A Georgia Gwinnett College professor recovering from injuries he received in a hit-and-run accident on New Year's Eve has died, according to his Go Fund Me account.

Tom Gluick, 62, was an assistant professor of chemistry at GGC and was recovering after multiple surgeries at Maryland's R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Gluick's ex-wife, Sheila Garrity said on the page.

"It is with profound sadness I write to inform you Tom died early this morning," Garrity wrote on Sunday morning. "An autopsy is underway and the most likely cause of death would be a blood clot in a lung."

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The Go Fund Me page had accumulated nearly $16,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. Garrity wrote funds would be used to pay for the costs incurred by nearly two weeks of treatment and surgeries at Maryland's Shock Trauma along with his funeral.

Gluick was walking across the street near the Towson Mall in Maryland and was struck by a vehicle that reportedly left the scene, according to WMAR Baltimore. He was stopping in Maryland on his way home after visiting family in New York, according to the Garrity.

No one has been charged in the accident, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Gluick was airlifted to Shock Trauma in critical condition. WAGA Atlanta reported Gluick suffered broken bones in his arms, eye sockets, right leg and eight ribs. Gluick has undergone multiple surgeries since the accident and had regained consciousness.

Gluick had enough strength to provide friends, family and colleagues with an optimistic video message on his Go Fund Me page less than one week after his accident.