A 3-year-old Bronx girl was trailing 12 feet behind her mother when she was struck and killed by a car.
The fatal accident happened on Monday morning as little Mariam Dansoko and her mother Rougui Kebe, 30, were crossing the intersection at 164th St. near Gerard Ave.
Surveillance video released by the NYPD and obtained by the NY Daily News shows Kebe pushing a stroller across 164 street while her toddler trailed behind her. Kebe never looked back to see where Mariam was.
“Mommy, the car is coming,” Mariam screamed out before she was hit by a Nissan Altima and killed.
Mariam was rushed to Lincoln Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. Kebe and her infant were not injured.
The 21-year-old driver remained at the scene of the accident near Yankee stadium. He was not charged.
“I really want to talk to him and know where he was turning … if he didn’t see us?” said Kebe. “I want to tell him my little daughter is gone. I cannot do nothing. Only God knows.”
Kebe was criticized for not holding her daughter’s hand while crossing the intersection, and for crossing while the light was red.
But Mariam’s uncle said the driver should have yielded no matter where the pedestrians were walking.
“Even if she was walking against the light, why not stop?” said Mohamed Kebe, 28. “You don’t just run people over. In this city, drivers don’t respect pedestrians. They just want to speed up around people walking.”
This is the second time Kebe’s careless indifference resulted in the death of a child in her care.
In June 2012, Kebe watched as her 4-year-old brother Ebrahim darted into traffic in Mount Hope and was struck and killed by a minivan.
Kebe was 39 weeks pregnant with Mariam at the time of her brother’s tragic death.
