AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A Castle Rock mother is urging drivers to pay closer attention after her 5-year-old son was hit by a driver while crossing the street, and the driver never stopped.
Amani Willis says her son, Zaiden Martin, was riding his bike with her to get ice cream just after 7:40 p.m. on July 12. They were crossing at a roundabout on Promenade Parkway, near the Alana Apartments, when a white SUV hit Zaiden in the crosswalk.
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“I was screaming stop, stop, and I was trying to get the driver’s attention,” Willis said. “But they didn’t brake — not once, not for one second did they brake at all. And I couldn’t really tell… I was just praying that my son had made it across.”
After the crash, she says the driver fled the scene…