Young brothers hospitalized after hit-and-run crash - 7Online WSVN-TV
(WSVN) -- Two brothers are fighting for their lives after being struck by a hit-and-run driver and the victims' family is making an emotional plea for justice. The two kids who were hit are 8-year-old Apollo Brown, Jr. and 14-year-old Kelv'ron Florence. Their parents said they were normal kids-- one an "A" student and the other a video-game lover. They are respectable kids," said the boys' father, Apollo Brown, Sr. Monday evening the brothers went to a basketball game at Attucks Middle School. They wanted a ride home from their grandmother, Addie McCrea, but she couldn't make it. "They said, 'Grandma, come pick us up,'" McCrea said. Around 6:30 p. m. Brown and Florence began to walk, crossing South Bryan Street at Sterling Road in Dania Beach. Then, a metallic gray, two-door Toyota Tacoma hit the brothers before they could make it home to their mother. Mother Selena Brown is baffled by the driver's carelessness. Y'all didn't even just see was they OK. " she said. Brown's boys suffered critical injuries and were transported to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Both Brown and Florence need assistance breathing, the dad said. Both are on a breathing machine," Brown said as his wife sobbed in his arms. Benita McKnight said the driver showed no regard for human lives. It's a terrible world that we're living in," she said. "I couldn't hit a dog and not stop. Source: www.wsvn.com
