Driver slams into 9-year-old girl playing in her front yard, then flees scene
(Meredith) – Georgia police are searching for a driver who struck a 9-year-old girl playing in her front yard, leaving her with multiple injuries
The girl’s family released surveillance video of the incident to help catch the suspect, who took off on foot after the crash Friday evening.
Laderihanna Holmes was playing with another young girl outside her home in Lithonia, Georgia, when a black sedan blew a stop sign, jumped a curb and slammed into her, authorities said.
The driver slipped out through the passenger-side door and ran away as family members rushed to help the 9-year-old girl. A second person inside the vehicle also fled the scene, according to the family’s attorney, Chris Stewart.
Laderihanna suffered a scull fracture, a broken pelvic bone and multiple lacerations, her family wrote on a GoFundMe page. Her right heart valve is also leaking.
“It’s a miracle that she is still alive,” a statement on the GoFundMe page reads, in part.
The girl’s mother, Charlette Bolton, issued a personal message to the suspect in an interview with ABC News.
“You know what you did. You didn’t try to help my baby,” she said. “You almost killed my baby and I hope you do the right thing and turn yourself in.”