An 8-year-old boy was killed Saturday evening after being hit by a pickup truck in Carrollton’s Adamson Square.
Police said the boy, William Randall Garrett, of Carrollton, was walking near a crosswalk on Newnan Street when he was hit just before 8 p.m.
“We don’t know if everyone was attempting to cross at a go light or if the child darted out,” Carrollton Police Capt. Jamison Sailors told Channel 2.
Sailors said the driver, Timothy Perry, 20, of Carrollton, stopped and was cooperative with investigators. No formal charges have been filed in the case, Sailors said.
Waitress Kayla Frashier told Channel 2 she saw the victim and his family as they left Italian restaurant La Trattoria on the square.
“I’d seen the family just pass by right in front,” she said. “Happy family just walking along.”
Moments later, a pizza box, a bag of takeout food and a child’s shoe were scattered across Newnan Street.
“It all happened so fast, and I turn around and there’s a little boy laying in the street,” said Frashier.
The boy was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly afterward, according to Channel 2.
Frashier said those who witnessed the incident grieve along with the victim’s family.
“It’s just something you don’t see every day,” she said. “It’s just sad.”
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