‘To know her was to love her’: Family seeks help burying 3-year-old killed in hit-and-run that injured brother, mother
A GoFundMe has been launched to help the family of a 3-year-old girl who was killed in a Tuscaloosa County hit-and-run crash that also injured her brother and mother.
Kimora “Minnie” Landrum was killed shortly after 11 p.m. on March 29 on Alabama 69, about seven miles south of Tuscaloosa.
She, her 4-year-old brother and 24-year-old mother – Shadereka Green – were all ejected from Green’s Hyundai Genesis that had struck a Ford F-350.
Trooper Cpl. Reginal King said after the crash, another vehicle struck Kimora and fled the area.
Kimora was pronounced dead on the scene. Green and the 4-year-old were taken to area hospitals.
Husband and father Trent Landrum started the GoFundMe.
“As most of you know, March 29th my life took a turn for the worst,’’ Landrum wrote. “Never did I ever think something so tragic would happen.”
“To know Kimora (Minnie) was to love her,’’ Landrum wrote. “There was so much more life my daughter deserved. As I grieve typing this, I am absolutely devastated by my daughter’s passing.”
Landrum said he and his family are struggling to the cost of Kimora’s funeral, as well as other expenses.
“My wife is currently still in the hospital having to undergo a series of surgeries,’’ Landrum said. “She is unable to work and has a long road to recovery.”
“We are still searching for justice for my 3 year old daughter,’’ he said.
Anything will be helpful and grateful to help with the home going service of Kimora.
Donations to the GoFundMe can be made here.
Anyone with information on the driver who fled the scene is asked to call Troopers at 205-553-5531.