The families of two Silver Spring house cleaners struck in a hit-and-run accident Saturday are asking for the driver of the vehicle to come forward as the two women remain in the hospital with serious injuries.

Around 10 a.m. Saturday, 22-year-old Maria Estela Argueta and 29-year-old Rosibel Pereira, both of Silver Spring, were crossing Capitol View Avenue at Leafy Avenue in Silver Spring when a black Toyota 4Runner sports utility vehicle struck both women and continued driving.

Maria Estela Argueta was dragged 113 feet with the car and was then run over, according to a police news release. Her sister, Andrea Argueta, said Monday that Maria Estela Argueta suffered a laceration to her liver, a fractured pelvis and bruises all over her body and face.

"She is suffering very much," Andrea Argueta said in Spanish, with police spokeswoman Blanca Kling translating, at a press conference at police headquarters in Rockville Monday. "We never thought our sister would go through such an experience."

Pereira was dragged 83 feet, the release said. Her husband, Jose Argueta, no relation to Maria Estela Argueta or Andrea Argueta, said Pereira suffered a fractured femur.

"This person made a really bad judgment to hit somebody and walk away," Jose Argueta said. He said his wife is still not conscious, and the family is unsure how they will pay their medical bills. Photographs of Pereira and her two sons, ages 4 and 2, were presented Monday.

The injuries to both women are not believed to be life-threatening.

The women clean houses together and were walking in a crosswalk to get to their next appointment, the families said. The SUV was driving east on Capitol View, a hilly road lined with trees and single-family homes.

"That road is a cut-through from Forest Glen Road near the Beltway to get up to Kensington," said Lt. Paul Starks, a police spokesman. "It's a winding, hilly road, but people use it."

There is no stoplight or stop sign at the intersection, and the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.

Cindy Thorpe, whose property is adjacent to the crosswalk, said she heard a loud noise while she was sitting in her living room Saturday morning. When she walked outside, she saw Maria Estela Argueta lying in the middle of the street, Pereira lying by the speed-limit sign and a black flip-flop in the middle of the road.

There were no skid marks or marks of the driver applying the brakes, Starks said. The front grill of the vehicle was found at the scene. Police will not conduct a collision reconstruction, because the accident did not result in a death or near-death, Starks said.

Starks said there were no witnesses that were able to determine the license-plate number of the vehicle.

Thorpe said most cars that cross through the intersection, which is at the crest of a steep hill, are traveling faster than the speed limit if they are heading east.

"The crosswalk is in a really bad spot," she said while tending to her garden Monday afternoon. "You don't know how many times I've seen people go by… and I hear screeching when they get down to the curve" at the bottom of the hill on Capitol View, near the intersection with Forest Glen Road.

Maria Estela Argueta was conscious in the hospital Monday, but the only part of the accident she remembers is being hit and "flying through the air four times," her sister said.

Both families asked for the driver to come forward and accept punishment for his or her actions.

"We want to send a message to the driver," Andrea Argueta said. "That [they] face the responsibility of hitting two people that were working very hard."

Anyone who witnessed the accident or who has information regarding the vehicle or driver is asked to contact the Montgomery County Police at 301-279-8000. Callers may remain anonymous.