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The impact was catastrophic, merciless, and swift. The careening Chevy Tahoe collided with the walking group, inflicting devastating injuries upon all three. Three-year-old Scarlett was struck with such brutal force that her vibrant young life was extinguished almost instantly, a beautiful light snuffed out in a heartbeat, leaving an irreparable void. Her grandmother and two-year-old brother, Henry, were critically injured, their bodies battered and broken in the horrifying aftermath, their lives hanging by a thread. The scene was one of utter chaos and tragedy, a stark tableau of shattered lives and unimaginable pain. Amidst the screams and the wreckage, the driver of the Chevy Tahoe, instead of stopping to render aid or face the consequences, cruelly fled the scene on foot, abandoning his victims to their desperate fate. Though he was eventually apprehended several miles away and is now serving a ten-year prison sentence, his cowardly flight only compounded a family grappling with unimaginable pain, a precious life taken, and two others fighting for survival against incredible odds.
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