The City of Miami police are investigating a hit and run accident involving one of their men and six year old Jawan Lawson. Yesterday afternoon, the boy was crossing the street of a residential area on his scooter when all of a sudden, a police car struck him.
Witness Raymond McNealy said that, “[The officer] hit this corner doing 50, 60 miles per hour, bro,” which resulted in Jawan being dragged 30 to 40 feet before the car actually stopped. “I saw him get hit, man. He flew, man, he dragged him all the way down there, man, knocked him out of his shoes, man,” McNealy continued.
Miami police have only commented through a statement: “City of Miami Police are investigating a traffic crash in which a police VEHICLE accidentally collided with a child, after the child darted out into the roadway on Northwest Fifth Avenue, just west of Northwest 58th Street. The young boy, who was riding a blue scooter at the time, suddenly appeared from between two parked trucks.”
The neighborhood is upset that this happened and his mother has a few questions for police. “What was he thinking? What was going on at the time?” she asked. “I feel like it was negligence of the officer. I want to see some justice. Something has to get done because it doesn’t make sense that these officers are speeding for nothing.”
While Jawan is suffering from a broken pelvis, leg and cuts to his spleen and liver, he is expected to make a full recovery. Please keep this child in your thoughts and prayers!
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Source: http://www.wsvn.com/story/31133059/child-riding-scooter-struck-by-miami-police-cruiser
