ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta family is asking for help after their 6-year-old was hit by a car.
According to Atlanta police, it took place near James Jackson Parkway and Browntown Road on May 1.
“This is like your worst nightmare. It just broke my heart,” said Stephen Olds.
It pains him to see his second youngest child like this, paralyzed from the neck down.
“The paramedics said when they came he wasn’t breathing for 10 minutes so that put him in an induced coma,” Olds said. “He had broken leg, broken neck, I didn’t think he was going to make it.”
The father of Tupac Staples told Channel 2’s Cory James his son was walking with his mom and several siblings from the park.
He says a driver in a black BMW appeared to be driving fast when he hit his child, causing severe injuries.
“He got a traumatic brain injury. His neck was broke so just hear him say a word, see him smiling is good,” Olds said.
Atlanta police say the young child was not in the crosswalk.
The family of the little boy started a GoFundMe to help with medical costs.
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