Post a commentWhat kind of individual could live with themselves driving away after doing something as heinous as this. I wish the children a speedy recovery, and hope the person responsible for this is caught.
I'll be curious to learn why the driver ran.
Probably toasted on alcohol or pot is the reason he or she did not stop.
This is horrible and whomever hit these little girls has to be held accountable. However, I wonder what two second-graders were doing walking and crossing streets by themselves? In an earlier article, the mother said they each received a dollar from their father and "probably walked to the store to spend their money". Um, what do you mean "probably"? You didn't know where your 8 yr olds were and didn't offer supervision? There is no doubt that the children are not at fault and the person responsible for hitting them and fleeing is totally responsible. That being said, when are parents going to take responsibility for supervising their own children? Remember the mother who's child drowned because she was napping? (with 7 children and no one watching them) How often do parents say, "he/she was a good kid" only to find they rarely supervised their child? May God bless those little girls and I hope Kaitlyn pulls through.
Hitting the girls may not have even been his fault. So often people get themselves in trouble simply by leaving the scene, which is a separate crime even if the accident was not the fault of the driver.
In any event, I cannot imagine being so selfish. I guess people like that think "Well. There are other people around help so me leaving is o.k." But it is not.
"There is no doubt that the children are not at fault and the person responsible for hitting them and fleeing is totally responsible."
How do you know that? How do you know that, say, they didn't run out into the street from between two parked cars, leaving the driver insufficient chance to stop?
Of course, that doesn't excuse leaving the scene. But if you are going to post such a bold statement you should back it up with facts.
Umm, if he (or she) hit them, then they are totally responsible! It may (or may not) be a criminal act, but responsibility rests on the object making contact. Check with your insurance company. That's a fact! You're not suggesting that the girls ran into the car. Are you?
i agree - this is very sad and my heart goes out to those two little girls- where were the parents??? I'm not blaiming them for this hit in run but really where were they? wake up parents! And this driver!!! what heartless person could leave the seen after running over two little girls!??
Lori, it wasn't the mother who said they received money, it was their aunt who had just dropped them off and her husband gave them the money. The little girl's dad was not home at the time of the accident.
None of the news stories noted that the corner bodega where the girls were heading is the same one where the owner was murdered by a neighborhood thug about a year or two ago. Crescentville used to be a solid, safe working-class neighborhood but no more, not since it got Section 8'd.
Why the driver ran? Because it takes guts to face a tough situation like this, and this individual is proving that he is totally gutless.
Wow. What a surprise. How convenient that the police already have a mugshot of him. New DA Williams will probably ask for probation.
How many priors? The line is set at ten. Now taking bets.
I say we strap this thug to the ground and run him over a few times with a steamroller. Sounds fair, right?
Running over white kids gave him cred in the hood.
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