HOUSTON \u2013 A Southeast Houston community is heartbroken after a 7-year-old boy was hit and killed while riding his bike on Thanksgiving Day. Neighbors who witnessed the crash say they are still shaken by the tragedy that unfolded right outside their homes on Willow Glen Drive.<\/p>\n
16-year-old August Moore was sitting outside when she heard something she\u2019ll never forget.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really sad to see the kid on the ground. I was crying a little bit,\u201d Moore told KPRC 2\u2019s Re\u2019Chelle Turner.<\/p>\n
Moore said she first heard the bike scraping under a truck before she realized a child had been hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just sitting outside and then I heard the bike scraping under the car. He had stopped to see what was under the car and I don\u2019t think he realized he hit the kid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Moore ran to get her mother, Ebony Brooks, who immediately called 911. Brooks said the driver was panicked and pleading for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was frantic, and he was like, I didn\u2019t see him, I didn\u2019t see him, I hit a kid, please, somebody help him, please, somebody help him, someone call 911, he say, cause I didn\u2019t see him, I didn\u2019t see him, he say, I hit a kid, and he was just crying,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n
Houston police say the driver told investigators he didn\u2019t realize he had struck the child. He believed something had fallen off his truck. When he got out to look, he saw the bike lodged underneath the vehicle and then found the boy lying in the street.<\/p>\n
Skid marks are still visible along Willow Glen Drive\u2014markings neighbors say represent the final seconds of a devastating crash that has shaken the entire block.<\/p>\n
As neighbors mourn, some have left small gestures near the scene, including a branch tied to a stop sign. One woman told KPRC2 her heart breaks for the child\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
Longtime resident Bobby Taplan said the impact of losing a child on Thanksgiving has left the community grief-stricken.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor you to lose a child like that there, on Thanksgiving Day, it\u2019s just hurting me to tell my heart. My family was from visiting out of town and everything, and she was hurt too. We all hurt. We still hurt behind that. For a kid to lose his life on Thanksgiving Day,\u201d Taplan said.<\/p>\n
Brooks said the hardest moment was watching first responders cover the child.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was so young\u2026 we\u2019re like, you know, who\u2019s with him? Where\u2019s his family? Because it was just him and the truck in the street\u2026 and when they pulled that sheet out, oh, that was the hardest part, because you\u2019re like, this is somebody\u2019s baby,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
KPRC2 visited the child\u2019s home on Friday, but no one was there.<\/p>\n
Houston police say the investigation is ongoing. The driver was not intoxicated, and investigators are still working to determine whether speed played a role. So far, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n
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