11-year-old Georgia Tech fan injured in hit-and-run outside Mercedes-Benz Stadium

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – A household journey to a soccer recreation in downtown Atlanta shortly become a mum or dad’s worst nightmare when a younger boy grew to become the sufferer of a hit-and-run.

On Monday night time, 11-year-old Kaine Chastain, his 7-year-old sister, and their dad, Jonathan, went to Chick Fil A kickoff recreation at Mercedes-Benz Stadium between Georgia Tech and Clemson.

After cheering on the yellow jackets, Jonathan rounded up his youngsters through the fourth quarter and began strolling in the direction of their automobile to beat the visitors.

Because the Chastain household was strolling on Northside Drive, Jonathan says he heard a automobile zooming down the hill of their path. Kaine was a couple of ft forward of him, and simply moments later Jonathan says the automobile struck his son.

“At that second I didn’t know if he was alive or lifeless,” Jonathan stated.

Jonathan says different soccer followers helped him get his son out of the road, together with a nurse from Clemson. However the dark-colored sedan that hit his baby drove away.

“There’s little question in my thoughts that this particular person knew. Except they had been intoxicated or beneath the affect of one thing,” Jonathan stated.

Witnesses informed police the automobile that left the scene was a black Cadillac sedan.

In response to an Atlanta Police report, cameras on the Georgia World Congress Middle captured the incident on video.

That APD report additionally says the automobile that hit the 11-year-old boy was driving by a yellow mild whereas the kid crossed the road “in opposition to the pedestrian sign.”

As Atlanta Police examine the hit-and-run, Jonathan Chastain hopes the one that hit his son comes ahead.

“I don’t maintain hate in my coronary heart. I would like him to come back forth and come clean with what he did. Do the fitting factor and come clean with what you probably did to my son,” Jonathan stated.

Kaine was discharged from Youngsters’s Healthcare of Atlanta Wednesday night time, however for those who’d like to assist the household with medical prices click on HERE.

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