Las Vegas woman horrified to learn husband is alive after police told her he died in horrific accident

A Las Vegas woman who was told her husband had died in a hit-and-run accident is now grappling with a whirlwind of emotions after police revealed an error in his identification.

Esther Acosta, 33, was horrified to learn that her husband, Brandon Green, 38, 'had succumbed to his injuries' on September 17, after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Purple Flower Lane and South Durango Drive.

However, a day later the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department redacted their statement, informing Acosta of a misidentification.

The LVMPD then told the mother-of-two that her husband was alive and in critical condition at a nearby hospital.

'How can someone mistakenly be dead? Did my husband's heart stop?' Acosta explained the emotional impact to 8NewsNow. 'I am angry, I'm frustrated, I'm heartbroken, I am sad, but I am happy that my husband is alive.'

The near-fatal accident happened in the early morning hours of September 15 when a driver of an unknown vehicle traveling south collided with a pedestrian, police reports reveal.

The driver fled the scene following the collision and has yet to be identified.

Acosta said her husband did not have any identification on him when he was hit.

Green allegedly checked himself into a rehabilitation center just before the accident, as his wife shared he had been struggling with addiction following his mother's unexpected passing months earlier.

The distressed wife also said that her husband is facing a long road to recovery and expects him to remain in the hospital for several months.

'Brandon will be in the hospital for another couple of months as he still needs more surgeries,' a GoFundMe page created to help cover the costs of Green's medical care reads.

The donations page, created by Acosta's sister, Sandra Hernandez, states that Green has 'suffered severe injuries' and that the 38-year-old has received 'multiple surgeries on his legs, brain, and so forth. Fractured ribs, fracture in the left arm.'

Green was released from the intensive care unit nearly a month after the accident on his birthday, October 14, but remains under a close eye as his road to recovery is far from over.

LVMPD reportedly told Acosta that they haven't yet located the suspect or a set of plates but have honed in on a vehicle.

The department said they were investigating a 'white Acura TSX' with 2011-14 plates and visible damage to the 'windshield, grill, and bumper.' 8NewsNow reported.

'How can anyone live like that knowing that they hurt somebody, they can potentially hurt somebody else,' she said.

'This is wrong for somebody to do something like this to a human being and to leave him for dead there like this person is still out there, living their life, consciously living their life thinking what they did is okay or they can just brush it under the rug,' she added.