There is no “ideal” way to lose a child. If they are sick for a long time, it is a slow, painful loss. If it happens suddenly, your world gets rocked. One is not more tragic or upsetting than the other, so when one parent is left grieving, I think all of our hearts can empathetically ache — especially when we realize that unimaginable loss could happen to any of us at any time. A Colorado mother is grappling with that reality after her 3-year-old son, Isaiah, was hit by a car while playing with some older children near an embankment by their home in Erie, according to Law & Crime.
Shanice Silver reportedly ran inside for just a minute and then suddenly heard a big crash. She ran outside and saw her toddler lying in the middle of the road but no vehicle in sight.
“This is the first time he ever went up there (or) was put up there,” said Shanice in an interview with KDVR. “That’s what we’re trying to figure out. Because I can’t even get up that embankment.”
Officers and emergency personnel tried to revive Isaiah, but sadly, he succumbed to his injuries. Erie police officers, who were called to the scene, are still hunting for the perpetrator who left the young boy in the road…