A horrific video showed a six-year-old girl screaming at her nine-year-old brother to brake his bike moments before he was fatally injured when he was run over by a truck outside their home.
Savannah Dennis could be heard crying for her brother Benjamin outside their home in San Leon, Texas, on Monday evening as they prepared to go for an adult bike ride. The children’s mother was inside cooking at the time.
The little girl gave a heartbreaking description of how she tried to help her brother after he was injured, telling KTRK, “I was there right next to the road, so I ran into the road, screamed his name, and dragged him.” Away from behind the truck so you don’t get run over again.
Benjamin was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him brain dead on Thursday and he was taken off life support. The child’s organs were donated from the fourth grade.
Surveillance footage captured the tragic moment Benjamin rode his bike down the road before being hit by a passing truck outside his home
The truck that killed Benjamin can be seen approaching moments before he was struck and fatally injured
Benjamin and his sister were getting ready to go for a bike ride around 7:30pm on Monday afternoon
The Lopit Elementary School fourth-grader was taken off life support Thursday evening, and his organs were donated
Benjamin’s bike was photographed lying in the road outside his home hours after the Monday night accident that led to his tragic death
This is the third death in less than a month at the same high-risk intersection, with Benjamin’s devastated family now demanding that a traffic signal be installed there.
Benjamin’s mother, Sarah Touchette, rushed to help as soon as she realized what had happened.
“I just kept breathing and begging him to stay,” she recalled crying.
Benjamin’s family are now campaigning for a traffic stop to prevent further accidents at the dangerous intersection.
It is located on a curve off a busy road, where drivers fail to slow down as they exit the road onto it.
“You can look at the video and tell me he never saw it,” said Nancy Suffield, Benjamin’s grandmother. “He didn’t even know he hit someone until it was too late.”
“I was right there next to the road, so I ran into the road, screamed his name, and pulled him away from behind the truck so she wouldn’t run him over again,” said a sad Savannah.
Benjamin was pictured with his mother Sarah Touchette in a photo taken just hours before he crashed into the truck
Sarah was seen crying as she discussed what happened after her beloved son was fatally injured
Benjamin’s family are now campaigning for a traffic stop to prevent further accidents at the dangerous intersection
“You can look at the video and tell me he never saw it,” said Nancy Suffield, Benjamin’s grandmother.
“I can’t bring my grandson back,” Suffield said.
“That’s why we’re asking someone to reach out and get this done, and help us get this done, please.”
The family said speeding traffic is a constant problem on the road outside their home, where the speed limit is 50 mph.
Less than a month before the accident that killed Benjamin, two people were also killed in a motorcycle accident at the intersection.
Touchette, who was home at the time, said she rushed to help.
