Some scary moments Saturday in Cornelia when a toddler was hit by a car in a local grocery store parking lot.
It happened just before 9 p.m. at the Quality Foods Shopping Center off Level Grove Road.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, a 2009 Lexus RX 350 was traveling north in front of the grocery store. A 3-year-old boy walking into the store with his mother “ran back into the parking lot,” the accident report states.
The SUV struck the toddler.
The boy’s mother, April Roark, recounts the incident differently. She says her son was standing in front of the store with his older sister, waiting to get in the taxi, when he went to talk to his mom.
“The driver was going around 35 mph around a corner and hit my son,” says Roark. “His dad jumped in front of the vehicle to make it stop.”
“My son is okay, but by the grace of God,” says Roark. “My son won’t even go around or get in the car now.”
EMS transported the child to Habersham Medical Center in Demorest as a precaution.
The investigating state trooper did not file charges against the driver.
