AUBURN, Wash. — The parents of a 7-year-old Auburn girl who died after being struck by a car are sharing their story in hopes of preventing another family from experiencing the same tragedy.
Heather and Heath Bryant said their daughter, Hazel, was playing outside May 22 while her father pressure-washed the driveway of their home. Hazel was following water running down the street and was on the sidewalk when the collision happened.
“No one saw this,” Heather Bryant said. “But to my understanding, from what all the descriptions we can put together, it appears that she was not in direct danger when the car began moving, but that she and the car entered the same space at the same time.”…