Van kills boy, 4, returning from father's funeral
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The heartbreak mounted for the family of a murdered barber when the dead man’s 4-year-old son was struck by a van and killed returning from the funeral in a Philadelphia suburb.
Police said the boy, Karder Brown, jumped out of a parked gold Dodge Charger in Chester, Pa., when he was hit Saturday at 5 p.m. He was running toward his mom just as a van was driving down the street, MyFoxPhilly reported.
He was rushed to Crozer Chester Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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"I was coming down the street when he got hit. I saw him on the ground and I was holding him and telling him to hold on, but I think he was already dead," Denise Brown, Karder’s great aunt, told the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia.
The 42-year-old driver of the van, registered to a South Jersey business, stopped and was questioned by police. Authorities said it appeared to be a tragic accident and no charges were expected to be filed.
The boy and his family were returning from his father Derrick Brown’s funeral.
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Brown, 38, owned a barbershop in Chester and was murdered April 5. Chester police say he was an innocent bystander who was hit by bullets intended for a 16-year-old pedestrian.