FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Southwest Florida family is pleading for help, one week after a Naples man was left paralyzed in a hit and run accident.  The driver still hasn't been caught.

Henry Gacek was heading home on i-75 on October 25th after his first night at his brand new job, when a pick-up rammed into his motorcycle.  He's been at Lee Memorial Hospital ever since.

"My Dad is now laying in the hospital.  He is going to be paralyzed for life," said Gacek's daughter, Zaneta Kroll.  "A person that was extremely active his whole life, and he'll never walk.  Because someone was either drunk or not paying attention and didn't have the common decency to stop. Just left him for dead."

Gacek was driving his motorcycle home on southbound I-75, just past Immokalee Road, just after midnight, when Florida Highway Patrol says a speeding pick-up slammed into the bike and sent Gacek flying more than 100 feet.  The driver took off from the scene.

"He didn't stop, he didn't call, he didn't help him," said Gacek's wife, Mary. "One of the reasons we absolutely want him to pay is because he might do it to somebody else."

Gacek was thrown into the ditch-- severely injured, but alive thanks to his helmet.  His family says it took police nearly a half hour to find him, because his motorcycle was nearly a quarter mile away.

A witness spotted a damaged Ford F-150 pick-up in the moments after the crash.

Gacek's family is convinced the driver couldn't have gone far, possibly exiting at Pine Ridge or Golden Gate Boulevard.  They believe the damaged truck had to be noticed by someone, like a body shop, since then.

"That's what we're looking for, any hint of an F150 with damage," Kroll said.

Gacek's family believes the bike was likely wedged under the speeding pick-up after the crash, and the driver had to stop to remove it.  They wonder how anyone could do such a thing,  without thinking of stopping to help.

"We want this man caught," Kroll said.

Florida Highway Patrol said the witness described the vehicle as a 1990's to early 2000's model F-150, two-tone white with brown or gold trim.  It may have damage to the right front headlight and grill area, and possible radiator/engine damage.  

The driver was described as a male, 25 to 35 years of age, with black hair, five o'clock shadow, athletic build, and was wearing a white t-shirt.

Anyone with information on the identity of this vehicle of interest or its driver is asked to contact the Florida Highway Patrol at 239-938-1800.     

The family says they're willing to offer a reward for information leading to a conviction.