Update on New Hanover County boy hit by a car

Alot of comments and questions are based on where were the parents and why were the children out so late? This happened at 6:30-7:00 pm not 10 or 11 and these are not babies who must be supervised every second of every minute. Also they were not playing in the street, the boy was on his way home from a friends house. Guess you'll didn't read the update, but another child was injuried also. Guess you'll also didn't know that the driver picked up the little boy and moved him to the grass which could have made his injuries worst. Maybe the state should do an investigation on the parents' but the only thing they will find is a hard working mother, with children who are straight A STUDENTS, whom at the time was visiting family in another state on an emergency. Yes there was adult supervision (the childrens aunt). So get the facts and details before bashing the parents all the time.

Speed limit was 35 in KG, when was it changed to 25? Kids *should* be taught to move out of the path of an oncoming vehicle. Cant tell me they do not have the sense to get out of the street. Even if he was crossing he would have seen the car coming. Bet he sits out in the rain too. Bet he wont do it again.

I drive on this road and have witness numerous times the kids on Lord Tennyson daring drivers to hit them. They refuse to get out of the middle of road and when you do go around them they use foul language. Parents should remind their children to wear white if out at night riding their bikes and have relectors and a light on bike! This road is extremely dark. People living on this road could request area lighting from Progress Energy we have 1 in front of our home and between my neighbors we split the cost. I wish a speedy recovery for this boy..It was an accident that didn't need to happen.

My sister was driving down the road one day and a teenage girl was standing off the pavement arguing with her boyfriend. She turned with her back to the traffic and started across the road. My sister swerved and the boy grabbed for her arm and she still walked right into the car and somehow propelled up and into the windsheild. There was oncoming traffic and witnesses as it was broad daylight. The girl sustained a broken leg and face and head wounds from going through the windsheild. The state trooper said she just had the momentum going where she was angry and trying to get away from her boyfriend and she hit the side of the car with enough force that she bounced up on top of it. Headlights only shine so far and if the kids were out of the beam of the light, the driver might not have seen them. Another possiblity is that he was not expecting kids to be out in the road playing in the dark so that might have affected his reaction time. I don't think I would have expected them to be there. They can also tell how fast the car was going by measuring any tred marks on the pavement. I saw on a tv show on Spike a few weeks ago that if you are being hit by a car to dive up on the hood and hit the windsheild and you had the best chance to survive. I hope they weren't testing that theory.

Just a note to the school officals @ trask ,many 6 & 7 grade students were upset in school on the day following day after their friend & classmate was in the hospital, the principle & the assist Principle said no special time out for grieving students. Teachers were told no to having counslers to helping the distraught students... Why wasnt there help for the students... some times this school district has issues...

Thank god Rayvon is doing ok, but I still can't figure out how the driver wasn't speeding. He hit two children, one whom was thrown on the windshield of the car. Was the driver of the car headlights' on? How can he be doing 25 mph with lights' on and not see the children? I think a full investigation needs' to be done because it just doesn't add up. Also, again; where are the street lights'? I think the driver as well as the county needs' to be held accountable.