A 7-year-old boy died at the hospital after an alleged drunk driver drove onto the sidewalk where he and his father were walking and hit him, Palmetto police said.
PALMETTO- A 7-year-old killed while on a walk with his dad when a driver under the influence drove up onto the sidewalk. “We’re all pretty distraught about what happened,” Chief Tyle
A 7-year-old walking with his dad after martial arts practice was killed when an intoxicated driver struck them despite the father’s efforts to protect him, police say.
The boy and his father had just left the martial arts studio Wednesday night when a van driven by 35-year-old Aaron Naylor jumped the curb, Palmetto police said.
Palmetto police do believe the driver was under the influence of narcotics when the crash happened near he Green Bridge. A 7-year-old was hit and killed while walking with his father on the sidewalk.