11-year-old struck in hit and run while playing in front home, mother wants answers

BATON ROUGE – Haleigh Banks, 11, is recovering after she was hit by a truck while playing in front of her home.

“This hurts because I wish I could take my baby’s pain. If I could have, I would’ve jumped in front of that truck. Hit me, don’t hit my baby,” Kieara Banks, the girl’s mother, said.

Banks says she was standing outside in her driveway, while her kids were playing…

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