MIAMI – A loved ones is determined for solutions. The father, Timothy Thompson, advised us he dropped his only boy or girl, Elijah Thompson, in a fatal strike-and operate.
“He has been with me all of his life,” stated Thompson. “One mum or dad, I raised him to be a gentleman. Respectful, humble, light.”
Investigators say on Saturday, October 8, all-around 10:38 p.m., Elijah Thompson was crossing West Business Blvd. at NW 47th Terrace in Tamarac. He was driving his bicycle at the crosswalk when a driver in a dark-colored, 2018-2020 Infinity Q50 strike him.
Elijah’s good friend Tiffany Melendez was a person of the last individuals to see him. She was with him final Saturday at an Octoberfest event. They invested the whole working day with each other.
“Elijah was the funniest, respectful, sympathetic and sweet human currently being you could ever imagine,” she said. “Anyone loved him and everyone truly loved who he was.”
She misses her buddy.
Investigators inform us the front of the motor vehicle struck Thompson’s bicycle, propelling him off the bike and onto the roadway. The driver of the car or truck then remaining the crash scene.
Emergency responders say Elijah Thompson died at the scene.
Household and buddies are pleading for the public’s enable in obtaining that driver.
“I require your assistance,” reported Thompson. “I you should not have plenty of words. It can be just that my only little one was taken from me.”
Any one with information about the identification or site of the suspect and/or motor vehicle is requested to phone Criminal offense Stoppers at (954) 493-Tips (8477), www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
