Haunting moment girl, 6, screams for bro to brake bike before truck kills him
This is the haunting moment a six-year-old girl screams for her nine-year-old brother to brake his bike - just before he is tragically struck by a truck.
Savannah Dennis was riding with her brother Benjamin outside their home in San Leon, Texas, on Monday evening as their mum was inside cooking. The pair were waiting to go for a bike ride with an adult when the heartbreaking collision occurred.
Benjamin's mum Sarah Touchet, revealed she ran out to help as soon as she realised what had happened to her son, as she told KTR: "I just kept breathing and begging him to stay." The driver remained at the scene of the crash, according to authorities, with the man claiming he did not see Benjamin.
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Savannah ran over to help her sibling (ABC)Heartbroken Savannah witnessed her sibling being struck and quickly dragged him away from the truck, she revealed: "I was there right next to the road, so I ran into the road, and I yelled his name, and I dragged him away from behind the truck so it didn't run over him again."
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Benjamin was quickly rushed to hospital but suffered catastrophic injuries which led to him being declared brain dead by medics on Thursday. His life support was turned off and his organs were donated.
The death is the third in less than a month at the dangerous intersection as Benjamin's family demand traffic lights be installed there. "You could look at the video and tell me he never saw him," Nancy Suffield, Benjamin's grandmother, said.
Benjamin was declared brain dead by medics (ABC)
The siblings were outside their home when a truck hit Benjamin (ABC)"He didn't even know he hit somebody until after the fact, and it was too late. It can't bring my grandson back. That's why we're asking for somebody to reach out and get this done, help us get this done, please."
The family admitted traffic speed outside their home is a constant issue, with many drivers failing to adhere to the speed limit of 50mph. They are now lobbying lawmakers on behalf of Benjamin to get traffic lights installed and stop accidents happening again, the family said.
The tragic incident comes after a Tesla dashcam captured a tire flying off a school bus before crashing a car at high speed. The lone wheel is seen flying through the air from the opposite side of the road over the central reservation in Queens, New York, on June 5, 2022.
The stunned cameraman, named Ralph, said: "[The] tire flew off the school bus just missed my Tesla [and] smashed the car behind me." Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
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