...while trick or treating. How sad! On the news it said the adult holding his hand let go for just a second and he ran out into the road, he is in fair condition. Anyone know where this was in Clayton? Was it a main road or in a nieghborhood?
it was a main road (hwy 42). It was just below where Hwy 42 and Barbour Mill Rd meet. I have a contact at wake that said he was very bad off when they brought him in. Maybe a 50/50 chance. If he is in fair condition then he has improved. Praise God.
There are several housing developments in that area within walking distance of each other and the family may have been walking along 42 to get from one to another. Craig
I know someone who saw the whole thing. The little boy was crossing the road with his mom, he dropped his popcorn and went to pick it up and that is when the truck him him. The little boy is in my nieces kindergarten class and she and her mom actually saw the little boy get hit. I spoke to my my nieces mom and she said the boy flew up like a rag doll and that actually the driver did not know what he hit. My niece, who is 5, was crying and really upset. Her mom is the one that called 911. My older niece was there too, but she didn't see it, just heard the scream. They were either going to or leaving the church there on 42 where they were holding a festival for the kids. I guess my niece did nothing but cry and talk about the little boy last night and told her mommy to turn on the new this morning so she could see it and I guess she is still pretty shook up over it. It has broke my heart over the little boy and how it has affected my nieces, especially the youngest one.
Oh, and it has been said that he honked his horn and hit the breaks but according to my SIL, he didn't. She said they had a front row seat for this. So sad.
Why were they so close to the road? Oh my god, If I am walking home from a function, first of all my child walks on the inside of me, while holding my hand at ALL times by the traffic (5 yrs old.), Drop the popcorn that close to the road, I will get it. Is mom responsible for this in any way?
I am not sure what relevance this plays unless you are simply trying to show the media's inaccurate reporting but I hope it is not an attempt to try and say the driver should have done more. This was a tragic accident and the person does not need people to make him the bad guy when it was not his fault or anyone else's. DISCLAIMER: FF - This is in no way meant to seem like and attack on you it is just an observation of what you wrote and words do not always get conveyed correctly which is why I worded it the way I did.
What it comes down to is it was an ACCIDENT. We can't blame the mom, or the driver, or the kid. We weren't there to see exactly what happened. It's horrible and I'm sure all parties involved feel just awful. Let's not berate them, they are hurting enough don't you think? Instead of playing the blame game, let's put our efforts toward praying for the little boy.
Me too. We also need to remember the family and the driver in our prayers, they are all going through a hard time.
You are right, POOR KID. That he didn't get the proper supervision that he deserved. This could have been avoided. My prayers are with the CHILD. Thank you.
So you are saying in other words that you have never been caught off guard while holding your child's hand and had them break loose and run after something? I can't honestly imagine you walking around all the time with a death grip on your childs hand, if so then I pity the child later in life when your child is having hand issues due to your death grip. As stated in another post they were crossing the road after leaving a church function. That being said how can your child be on the inside of you at all times while crossing a road? Do you stop in the middle of the road to switch the child to your other side? If you are familiar at all with the area then you would know that with the layout is not well lit, doesn't have a marked crosswalk (till you get to the school area). The road side area there as well is not overly wide between the road and the ditch bank, and unless you like walking in the woods there isn't an option of walking on the other side of the ditch (without crossing the road). That being said, as stated earlier it was an accident, unfortinate though it was. Why must some people always look for someone being negligent to put the blame on for stuff happening? Craig
LIfe is Good -- Accidents happen. Even to the best of parents. One moment is all it takes. I say we pray for the family and the little boy. I am sure the mother is beside herself and we need not judge her actions in a moment.
I was just writing what I was told by my SIL. I had not actually seen the report or hear anything about it until she had told me. I definitly was not trying to make anyone feel like the bad guy at all. I can only imagine what the person that was driving the truck must be feeling and my heart goes out to him too.
I agee with people it was a terrible terrible accident. I said a few extra prayers for all parties that were involved and a friend of mine told me that she passed word on to her church group and they were praying for all those involved too.
Pray for that entire family as well as the man who hit him. Don't you think ALL of their lives have been changed?