12-year-old killed, her sister injured in Round Rock hit-and-run; suspect arrested

A 13-year-old is recovering, but her sister is dead after they were both hit by a driver who is now facing charges.Desirae Dodson said she just wishes her sister was still here.The incident happened on April 11."Someone told me that some children got hit," the girls’ mother, Jazmine Green, said."Did you think maybe it was your daughters?" FOX 7 reporter Meredith Aldis asked Green."Yes, I knew that it was," Green replied.

"They let me see her, it wasn’t good," Green said.The driver of the Mustang ran away."What makes you not want to check on some kids that you just hit?" Green asked.Court documents said 21-year-old Jose Alfredo Gondina De La Cruz fled because "he was scared and did not know what to do, so he ran home and told his mother what had happened.""Why didn’t you help my babies?" Green asked.MORE STORIESDesirae and Jaliyah were rushed to the hospital.

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