With candles and balloons, a 10-year-old girl\u2019s grieving family and friends met on Monday night at the Gwen Cherry Park in Miami-Dade County\u2019s Gladeview neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Peyton Williams and her 15-year-old brother were riding an e-bike together when a driver struck them on Sep. 9 at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 177 Street, according to deputies. <\/p>\n
Search for driver who struck and killed girl in Miami-Dade continues <\/p>\n
Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies searched for the driver on Monday night. Peyton\u2019s brother Willbrent survived and was at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Peyton died. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s doing well,\u201d said Shaniq, the children\u2019s mother. \u201cHe\u2019s in recovery right now. He\u2019s up, he\u2019s talking, he\u2019s stable, and that\u2019s it. We just fighting, we still day-by-day recovering.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said that the family has yet to tell the boy that his sister did not survive the crash. <\/p>\n
\u201cNo, we didn\u2019t tell him yet,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be the trauma all over, like from the first time it happened because they were very close. They did everything together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mourners remembered Peyton as a member of the Gwen Cherry Park Bulls cheer team, a youth sports program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like a spiritual feeling to know that they\u2019re so loved and that so many people came forward just to show support for our family, for their mom,\u201d said Katrina Kearse, the victim\u2019s aunt. <\/p>\n
On Sunday, deputies reported finding the Nissan Versa that they suspect struck and killed Peyton. <\/p>\n