Man plows his Ford into little kids playing in grass, admits driver honked and ‘told him he hit a child’ but he still chose to take off: Cops

An Indiana driver allegedly hopped a curb after cutting a corner too sharply and plowed his Ford SUV into two children playing outside, killing a 9-year-old boy and leaving a 6-year-old in critical condition.

Franck Bazil, 31, of Indianapolis, took off without helping the young victims, later telling investigators he fled because he was “scared” and “not knowing where to go,” according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

“[The children] were both hit by the SUV as it turned west on to Eagle Pointe N. Drive,” the affidavit says. “The children were in a grass area near the roadway and as the SUV made a right-hand turn, the driver cut it too sharp and drove over the curb into the grass. As the SUV drove through the grass, it ran over both children, drove for a short distance and stopped.”…

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