Right now the search is still on for the driver who hit a teenager in fort pierce then took off she survived and today family and friends threw a surprise birthday celebration for her sweet 16th wptv newschannel 5’s chris gilmore takes you through the special parade that brought the community together he
Only turned 16 once and the city of fort pierce wanted to make sure jada murphy’s day was special but she had no idea how sweet it would be she’ll be outside with mom and some family members i heard like the police siren i was like oh who’s about to get caught by the
Police today that’s so cute murphy caught by surprise and joined by some special guests the chief of police and mayor okay okay i don’t have your number all right i’ll get it to you about that all the fuss with good reason it wasn’t guaranteed murphy would make it to this milestone
On august 29 she was hit by a pickup truck while roller skating near her grandmother’s house the driver didn’t stop but a good samaritan sedalia irvin did and i just thank god that he allowed me to travel the same road that i always travel when i’m over here
And come upon me so i stayed with her until the paramedics took her away from me she was airlifted to the hospital with traumatic brain and internal injuries murphy’s been back home from the hospital for about a week now and she’s not a hundred percent plus my memory right now
It’s very you know kind of fuzzy every time i cough and sneeze it still hurts despite that her community couldn’t be happier we are so very proud of your strength and we want you to know that we’re doing everything we can to find business a promise of justice love and
Support it doesn’t get sweeter than that in fort pierce chris gilmore wptv newschannel 5.
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