‘Horrible experience.’ Boy, 2, ran into Lexington traffic before family could get him
A 2-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle on Clays Mill Road Wednesday afternoon, according to Lexington police and the Fayette County coroner.
Jacoby Little of Pikeville was with his mother and grandmother, Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said. The accident happened while the mother and grandmother were switching car seats between vehicles in a driveway, he said.
“The little boy ran toward the road,” Ginn said. “They couldn’t catch him, and that’s when he ran into traffic.”
Little’s grandmother was from out of town and was in Lexington to visit someone in the hospital, Ginn said.
“It’s just a horrible experience for a mother and a grandmother to have to go through,” he said.
The accident happened around 3:15 p.m. in the 2900 block of Clays Mill Road, police said. Ginn said he received the call from Lexington’s emergency services just before 4:30 p.m. Jacoby suffered multiple injuries and died at the scene, Ginn said.
Traffic was blocked off at the scene until after 5:30 p.m., according to the Lexington Traffic Management Center. A collision reconstruction unit was investigating, police Lt. Jeremy Tuttle said Thursday. The driver remained at the scene and was cooperative with the investigation, Tuttle said. The driver was unlikely to face charges, Tuttle said.
This story was originally published November 5, 2020 at 6:50 AM.