Surveillance footage shows the car flying over the curb of the girl's front lawn in Lithonia, Georgia, near Atlanta. LaDerihanna starts to sprint, but she couldn't outrun the careening car as it crashes into her and then into her house. The 9-year-old suffered a fractured skull and a shattered pelvis that's broken in three places. Now her family is asking for the public's help in finding the driver who fled the scene and left the girl for dead. "She was lifeless. I was screaming," said LaDerihanna's mother, Charlotte Bolton. LaDerihanna was hospitalized in critical condition after Friday's crash. She's since been upgraded to stable condition, her mother said Tuesday. Bolton said even she felt the impact of the crash from inside the house. "I heard a very bad sound, and my house shook like an earthquake," the mother said. "I immediately knew something was wrong. I screamed, 'My baby!' because I knew she was on the porch." She raced to the front lawn, where "a lady had gotten my baby from between the car and my house," Bolton said. "Another gentleman started doing CPR."LaDerihanna's father scooped her up and drove her to the hospital. Bolton followed another car. As neighbors scrambled to help, the driver of the car fled without checking on the girl. Authorities are still looking for him. "We're just hoping that he turns himself in," said attorney L. Chris Stewart, who is representing the girl's family. "He's caught on camera taking part in this horrific situation that turned into a miracle for this child. I've just never seen anything like this in my entire career." It's also a small miracle that the family had security footage capturing both the crash and the back side of a man who fled the car.
The idea for the camera stemmed from a theft at the home. "Someone had (stolen) my son's bicycle out of the front yard, and my husband said, 'I'm going to get cameras for the house,' " Bolton said. But a few weeks ago, Bolton's husband thought the camera wasn't needed anymore and canceled the iCloud recording service. "And I told him, 'We need those cameras back running.' And if it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have anything," she said. The family decided to publicize the video in hopes that someone can identify the driver. In addition to leaving LaDerihanna critically injured, he also severely damaged the family's home. "This car is deep in my house," Bolton said. "My basement is destroyed."While the manRead More – Source
Surveillance footage shows the car flying over the curb of the girl's front lawn in Lithonia, Georgia, near Atlanta. LaDerihanna starts to sprint, but she couldn't outrun the careening car as it crashes into her and then into her house. The 9-year-old suffered a fractured skull and a shattered pelvis that's broken in three places. Now her family is asking for the public's help in finding the driver who fled the scene and left the girl for dead. "She was lifeless. I was screaming," said LaDerihanna's mother, Charlotte Bolton. LaDerihanna was hospitalized in critical condition after Friday's crash. She's since been upgraded to stable condition, her mother said Tuesday. Bolton said even she felt the impact of the crash from inside the house. "I heard a very bad sound, and my house shook like an earthquake," the mother said. "I immediately knew something was wrong. I screamed, 'My baby!' because I knew she was on the porch." She raced to the front lawn, where "a lady had gotten my baby from between the car and my house," Bolton said. "Another gentleman started doing CPR."LaDerihanna's father scooped her up and drove her to the hospital. Bolton followed another car. As neighbors scrambled to help, the driver of the car fled without checking on the girl. Authorities are still looking for him. "We're just hoping that he turns himself in," said attorney L. Chris Stewart, who is representing the girl's family. "He's caught on camera taking part in this horrific situation that turned into a miracle for this child. I've just never seen anything like this in my entire career." It's also a small miracle that the family had security footage capturing both the crash and the back side of a man who fled the car.The idea for the camera stemmed from a theft at the home. "Someone had (stolen) my son's bicycle out of the front yard, and my husband said, 'I'm going to get cameras for the house,' " Bolton said. But a few weeks ago, Bolton's husband thought the camera wasn't needed anymore and canceled the iCloud recording service. "And I told him, 'We need those cameras back running.' And if it wasn't for that, we wouldn't have anything," she said. The family decided to publicize the video in hopes that someone can identify the driver. In addition to leaving LaDerihanna critically injured, he also severely damaged the family's home. "This car is deep in my house," Bolton said. "My basement is destroyed."While the manRead More – Source
