'Heartless' driver mowed down 10-year-old crossing street with brother and cousins then 'kept going,' mom says the kids tried to save him 'but they're children': Cops

A Georgia operator mowed down a 10-year-old boy who was crossing a thoroughfare with his older member and cousins past "kept going" — leaving him conscionable steps distant from a adjacent infirmary and forcing the kids to effort to prevention him, household and cops say.

"His member and his cousins, they tried, but they're children," Khaleb Jackson's mother, Brandi Jackson, told section ABC affiliate WSB. "The car deed him and kept going."

David Blanchard, 52, is charged with homicide by conveyance and hit-and-run aft allegedly sidesplitting Khaleb connected Sunday nighttime successful Clayton County. The lad was crossing the thoroughfare astatine the intersection of Riverdale Road and Garden Walk Boulevard with his 14-year-old member and 2 cousins, according to Khaleb's household and police.

"You spot this benignant of worldly connected TV, but past erstwhile it hits your family, you beryllium like, however tin idiosyncratic deed a child, immoderate person, but particularly a child, and permission that kid conscionable laying determination not knowing whether oregon not the kid is live or, you know, gone," Khaleb's aunt, Belinda Pittmon, told section Fox affiliate WAGA.

A GoFundMe launched by the household says, "Our saccharine lad Khaleb was … trying to get to the autobus halt erstwhile a car came retired of obscurity and struck and killed him."

The household experienced different decease earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Khaleb's babe sister died of SIDS. Now they are forced to woody with the nonaccomplishment of Khaleb conscionable days aft Christmas.

"It's been a pugnacious year," the GoFundMe explains. "His parent is devastated and heartbroken."

Pittmon and Khaleb's parent described the lad arsenic being their "heart" and idiosyncratic who was "just truthful appreciative," according to the GoFundMe and interviews.

"I ran astir Christmas trying to get him everything helium wanted," Pittmon said. "He fundamentally wanted an iPhone. So I got him the iPhone. He called maine and said, 'Aunt Belinda convey you, convey you truthful much.'"

Khaleb's ma added, "He would conscionable locomotion successful the country and conscionable randomly commencement dancing."

She condemned Blanchard for not stopping to effort to bring Khaleb to Southern Regional Hospital, which is reportedly conscionable steps distant from wherever the alleged hit-and-run happened, portion his ain member and cousins did their champion to effort and prevention him.

"Like you a grown … a grown person," Jackson said. "How could you beryllium truthful heartless?"

Blanchard was ordered held without bail this week and is awaiting his adjacent tribunal date.