A driver in Milwaukee hit multiple cars before careening into a mother and her infant son. | Greg Rosenke/Unsplash
A driver in Milwaukee hit multiple cars before careening into a mother and her infant son. | Greg Rosenke/Unsplash
Linda Scott is feeling especially thankful following her Halloween season ordeal.
Scott and her year-old son, Caron Lay, were meeting with family in Milwaukee’s Humboldt Park one night to go trick-or-treating when a driver hit multiple cars before careening into her and her son among others.
"During the incident when I was knocked out, I was told that my son was under the car," Scott told WISN 12 News this week. "He was still inside his stroller but right in front of her tire." She added that her fiancé was ultimately able to get Carson out of his stroller before the driver sped away.
In addition to scrapes and bruises, the boy suffered a small tear on his liver.
“Thankful is the first emotion that comes to mind because my son is here,” Scott added. “I'm here. Thank God. We had people come out of nowhere helping. That shows there's hope in the world.”
TMJ4 .com reported witnesses told police the car that struck the victims was a dark-colored SUV. Milwaukee County deputies are still investigating.
"What possessed you to hit a mother and her child that was in a stroller and then kept pressing the gas pedal to the point where you almost killed my child?" Scott said. "Especially on a day where kids are trick or treating, it could have been anybody."
The mother and child have now been released from the hospital. Carson will turn a year old on Nov. 3, the same day that friends of Humboldt Park will be having a meeting to discuss how to improve traffic safety in the area.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the sheriff's office.
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