SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 The Pacific Beach community is grieving after 6-year-old Hudson Stephen O’Loughlin was killed in a hit-and-run crash while riding his bike on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The sidewalk on Pacific Beach Drive has become a growing memorial filled with flowers, homemade art and candles as residents pay their respects to the young boy. One candle read, “From one parent to another … I’m sorry for your loss.”<\/p>\n
In a phone call with ABC 10News, Hudson’s mother, Juliana Kapovich, described her son as everything she could imagine \u2014 a fearless, confident child who was full of life. She said he loved his brother and science.<\/p>\n
Kapovich said she and Hudson’s father were with him when he was riding his bike on Jan. 17. San Diego police said Hudson was struck and then run over by a car that was turning into a nearby alley.<\/p>\n
According to police, the driver didn’t stop after hitting the boy and kept going. The driver, a 32-year-old woman, was found several hours later in National City.<\/p>\n
“I just know it could’ve been me, my kids, it could’ve been my kid and it wasn’t,” said one resident who dropped off flowers at the memorial.<\/p>\n
Another community member said the tragedy hits close to home, telling ABC 10News, “I live here in this neighborhood and have raised my kids here and I let them ride bikes all the time and that’s always my fears.”<\/p>\n
Throughout the day on Sunday, community members from all over stopped by to pay their respects. Many didn’t know Hudson personally but wanted to make sure he’s not forgotten.<\/p>\n
“They’re not alone that as powerful as this grief must feel everyone in this community who knows about this cares about them and will be here for them,” one visitor said.<\/p>\n
Hudson attended McKinley Elementary School, and in a statement to families, the district shared condolences and said the district’s crisis response team will be on campus Tuesday.<\/p>\n