Tonight, siblings 12 year-old Francine Francis and 7 year-old Herman Williams Jr. are recovering from injuries they received after being hit by a vehicle yesterday, which didn't stop and render aid. Both students were on Mahogany Street, when a vehicle struck them from behind, but the driver callously drove off, leaving the children on the street where they had to be rescued by a concerned resident.
Today, their grandmother spoke with us saying that, she is upset that the person who hit them didn't think it important enough to take them to the hospital:
Wilma Whylie Thompson, Grandmother of Accident Victims
"Yesterday I got a call that a vehicle knock them down yesterday evening. I was in the neighborhood of Karl Heusner Hospital, so I just went there. What really happen is that I hear that the car knock them down from backwards and the flip over the handle of the bicycle and it that was how they got their injury. What hurts me the most is because they didn't stop and render aid both my 
grandchildren. They just took off, I heard that it was a man and a woman in the car. There was a mechanic who over the other side of the road who took them to the hospital and render aid and stood there until we came out of the emergency side to see that the child is okay. The person who did it never did render anything. He didn't even see them until this day. I call the radio stations and I leave my phone number and if anything I know that they could have contacted me. If they would say sorry I would be okay with that. There is a face to whatever happened, but then there is no face, like they are heartless. I know they have nieces, if they don't even have children, they have nieces and nephews out there."
Thompson-Whylie also expressed gratitude to the people who assisted her grandchildren. Luckily, they suffered minor injuries.
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