Six-year-old Abel Aquino-Torres died after he was struck by a car on his family’s neighborhood street in Lawrenceville, Ga., on the night of Saturday, Nov. 15.
Abel’s parents, Juan Torres and Karina Aquino, said the family had just come home from a birthday party when Abel asked to ride his bike around 9:20 p.m., Juan told WSB-TV. Juan initially told his son it was too late, but eventually agreed to let him take one quick lap around the neighborhood.
Before Abel could make it safely across the street, a car hit him. “The car was going very fast, and it was dark,” Karina said, according to the outlet…