North Carolina parents charged after son is struck and killed by SUV while walking with older brother

A 7-year-old lad was fatally struck by an SUV past week arsenic helium tried to transverse a roadworthy successful North Carolina – and present his parents person been arrested and charged for leaving him unsupervised, according to police.

Legend Jenkins was deed by a Jeep Cherokee connected May 27 astatine astir 6 p.m. portion walking with his 10-year-old member extracurricular a crosswalk successful Gastonia, a metropolis westbound of Charlotte. Their parent told a section quality outlet that it was the archetypal clip she had allowed them to locomotion to a adjacent market store alone.

Jenkins was rushed to a adjacent aesculapian installation with life-threatening injuries and was aboriginal transferred to Levine Children’s Hospital successful Charlotte, wherever helium succumbed to his injuries astatine astir 10 p.m.

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The boy’s mother, Jessica Ivey, and his father, Sameule Jenkins, were arrested and charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, felony kid neglect and misdemeanor kid neglect, the Gastonia Police Department announced 2 days later. 

Legend Jenkins was fatally struck by an SUV past week. (WJZY)

The parents appeared successful tribunal connected Friday and were some issued a $1.5 cardinal bond, WSOC-TV reports.

"While the Gastonia Police Department offers its deepest sympathies to the household for the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of their child, the probe revealed that the children progressive were unsupervised astatine the clip the lad stepped into traffic," the Gastonia Police Department said successful a property release. "In specified cases, adults indispensable beryllium held accountable for their responsibilities to guarantee a harmless situation for their children."

The deadly incidental took spot successful the 1000 artifact of West Hudson Boulevard and the SUV was being driven by a 76-year-old woman. 

Police said determination is nary grounds of speeding oregon wrongdoing connected the portion of the operator and nary charges person been filed. The operator continues to beryllium cooperative and the incidental remains nether progressive investigation, constabulary said.

Jessica Ivey and Sameule Jenkins person been charged aft their 7-year-old lad was fatally struck by an SUV past week arsenic helium tried to transverse a roadworthy successful North Carolina. (WJZY )

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Summer Williams, a witnesser who tended to the unfortunate astatine the scene, told WSOC-TV that she saw Legend measurement retired successful beforehand of a car arsenic his member tried to propulsion him back.

"That shocked me," said Williams, who said she stopped her car and held the kid successful her arms and rubbed him to comfortableness him. At that time, helium was inactive alive.

"Just letting him cognize that idiosyncratic was determination and helium wasn’t alone," Williams said. "Even astatine night, I inactive spot his face."

The incidental took spot successful the 1000 artifact of West Hudson Boulevard. (WJZY )

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The boy’s begetter launched a GoFundMe leafage earlier helium was arrested by police, sharing photos of the victim. In 1 black-and-white image, Legend is wearing a T-shirt with "#Mama's Boy" emblazoned crossed the front.

"He was a momma's lad up and down. He was smart, originative and adjacent if helium was sick would ever support a smile," the station reads, noting Legend was astir to crook 8 successful August.

"He loved playing immoderate sports. He was genuinely a warrior, but aft being revived adjacent to 12 times, helium unluckily passed away. WE ASK that y’all nonstop prayers for our household successful this clip of heartbreak and if you privation to give, thing would beryllium precise grateful."