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The family of UAlbany student Alexa Kropf, 18, is by her side at Albany Medical Center. She is in critical condition after being hit by a speeding illegal dirt bike in Albany early Saturday morning.

Kropf’s parents got the emergency call this weekend that no family ever wants to get.

The freshman was due to come home next week. Now she’s in a medically induced coma. Her family is hoping police find the person responsible.

Video recorded by a student overnight Friday shows a police car arriving and a chaotic scene on Hudson Avenue in Albany.

A crowd of young people surrounded Kropf, of Long Island, who had just been hit.

A man speeding on an illegal dirt bike had been weaving in and out of groups of people in the road before he smashed into her, police said.

Speeding bikes and ATVs are a problem, according to students.

“They come really often. They come down, try to play tricks, they pull wheelies all that stuff, and they’ll cause a bunch of smoke on the street, too,” said one. “A lot of stuff will happen with them riding on the street and trying to put on a show for us.”

“There are plenty of families that live over here as well,” said another UAlbany senior. “It’s a community in a neighborhood where people shouldn’t speed, absolutely, yes.”

Alexa’s father, Jim Kropf, says she’s in a medically induced coma with two leg fractures, fractures of the pelvis that will require surgery, broken ribs, bruised lungs, and she’s had two brain surgeries already to alleviate swelling.

The problem of illegal dirt bikes and ATVs speeding noisily through city streets, running red lights, riding on sidewalks, has been going on for years.

About two years ago, a police car collided with one of the dirt bikes on Clinton Avenue.

The common council gave police the right to confiscate the vehicles, and now, as the community pulls for Alexa’s speedy recovery, there will be a renewed push for solutions.

“I’m hoping that our chief can come up with some more creative ways to do this because we can no longer have this,” said Albany Common Council President Corey Ellis. “Accidents like this brings light to it, but we have to put a stop to it. We can no longer play around with people who constantly disobey our laws.”

Jim Kropf says the family is so overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support from everyone.

He says they can’t thank law enforcement and the hospital enough.