Reached-and-operate driver speaks out in excess of demise of tiny child

DURANT, Oklahoma - Driver of a hit-and-run accident that still left a young child lifeless speaks out.

Jovani Santibanez, 7, was the victim of the car accident. He was strike all around midday on Sunday while taking part in with another boy on skateboards. The children had been lying straight down on the skateboards and riding them from a driveway into the road when Jovani was struck.

Derrick Weaver, 21, was the driver. He admits to leaving the scene of the accident, a felony cost, and saying he left mainly because he panicked.

Police have stated that if Weaver would not have still left the scene, then he would not be going through any costs.
In a statement, Weaver spoke out on his response to the event and admits that driving off was a terrible mistake.

"I nevertheless have to wake up every last morning knowing that I ran above a tiny child and he's now lifeless," he stated. "I recognized that I had strike the small child. But the only thing I could believe about is obtaining lower right here to get my mother and heading to talk to the mother and father simply because I couldn't encounter them myself," Weaver explained.

He is sorry about what occurred and about panicking around the event but argues that he did not indicate to damage any individual. "I'm not guilty of purposefully killing this little one due to the fact it was an accident, I didn't do it on goal," Weaver argued.

Weaver is out on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on October 27th for a preliminary listening to

An investigation continues above the incident. Alcohol has been ruled out.

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