{"id":18347,"date":"2012-04-17T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T01:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18347"},"modified":"2012-04-17T20:48:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T01:48:11","slug":"deaf-boy-struck-by-cab-in-front-of-terrified-parents-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/04\/17\/deaf-boy-struck-by-cab-in-front-of-terrified-parents-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf boy struck by cab in front of terrified parents in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaf boy struck by cab in front of terrified parents in Brooklyn<\/strong><\/p>\n

NOTE: Deaf boy and his family used to live in Tyler, Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

Deaf boy struck by cab in front of terrified parents in Brooklyn<\/p>\n

The driver, who stayed at the scene, told cops he couldn\u2019t stop in time. He wasn\u2019t charged<\/p>\n

By Clare Trapasso, Kerry Burke AND Rich Schapiro \/ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 2:30 AM<\/p>\n

A deaf 5-year-old boy was fighting for his life after he was mowed down by a cab in Brooklyn \u2014 as his horrified parents, who also can\u2019t hear, looked on.<\/p>\n

Timothy Keith\u2019s mother and father were inconsolable after their first family trip to the city turned to heartbreak Saturday. With tears streaming down her face, Timothy\u2019s mother described what happened in a wrenching written interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was with my son. The(n) he walk to road. I say NO to him,\u201d wrote Eva Keith, 29, of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw taxi yellow so fast. Driver hit my son but my son can\u2019t hear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Keiths and a friend had just left their hotel, a Comfort Inn, and were heading to see the Brooklyn Bridge when tragedy struck.<\/p>\n

Timothy broke away from his parents and sprinted between parked cars onto Hicks St. in Cobble Hill when a yellow SUV cab hit him about 5 p.m., cops said.<\/p>\n

The driver, who stayed at the scene, told cops he couldn\u2019t stop in time. He wasn\u2019t charged.<\/p>\n

Timothy, who suffered brain damage, was treated at Long Island College Hospital and later transferred to University Hospital of Brooklyn-SUNY Downstate Medical Center.<\/p>\n

The parents\u2019 friend, Brian Walters, 24, who also is deaf, wrote that he wasn\u2019t sure the boy would make it.<\/p>\n

Timothy\u2019s dad, Joseph, 29, had to cut short a written interview because he became too emotional.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnexpected,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

rschapiro@nydailynews.com<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/brooklyn\/deaf-boy-struck-cab-front-terrified-parents-brooklyn-article-1.1061938<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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