Family Speaks Out After 13-Year-Old Boy Is Hit and Killed by Speeding Driver: ‘We’re in a Nightmare'

Mar. 15, 2025

Braylen Hardy.Photo:Vanessa Riggs/GoFundMe

Vanessa Riggs/GoFundMe

The teen has been identified as 13-year-old Braylen Hardy. Family members said he had just finished a ride with a large group of people when he was struck, according to WBRC andCBS affiliate WIAT.

Hardy was transported to the Children’s Hospital after the crash. Hardy’s mother Vanessa Riggs told WVTM she made the decision to take her son off life support on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

“I couldn’t let him suffer anymore,” Riggs explained. “His heart stopped. I just had to give him to God.”

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Hardy “had the time of his life” after nearly 100 people showed up for a ride on Oct. 26, Fagness said.

“It’s rough. It’s like we’re in a nightmare,” Fagness told WBRC. “It’s like we just can’t wake up from this nightmare.”

The Birmingham Police Department declined to comment on the incident to PEOPLE.

source: people.com