"Mommy, the car is coming" 3- year-old heartbreaking last words before she was tragically struck down while crossing a road

"Mommy, the car is coming." Three-year-old
Miriam Dansoko uttered these five words before
she was tragically struck down while crossing a
major thoroughfare in New York City's South
Bronx community on Monday, May 16

According to New York Daily News, Mariam
Dansoko, dressed in a navy blue school uniform,
lagged slightly behind her mother, who was
pushing a stroller holding another child as they
walked across 164th St. in the crosswalk, police
and witnesses said.
Rougui Kebe Miriam’s mother, was only a few
steps ahead before she turned around to witness
what would ultimately be another heartbreak.
The little girl had released her mother’s hand
just after 8 a.m., moments before a 21-year-old
man driving a Nissan Altima fatally struck little
Miriam, according to the News. Witnesses told
the news outlet that he swerved to avoid hitting
Kebe, but did not see Miriam. Responders recall
that the man stayed on the scene and was
visibly distraught afterwards.
"She was yelling, ‘Oh, my God! My baby! My
baby!’” " said Will Velez, a 56-year-old super at a
nearby building.
Before the car hits her, she said, ‘Mommy, the
car is coming.’ She was right here on my back,”
recalled Rougui Kebe, who horrifically witnessed
her younger brother being killed by a minivan in
2012.
Kebe was 9 months pregnant with Miriam when
she watched her brother Ebrahim die after he
was hit by a minivan just a few blocks away
in 2012. Ebrahim, 4, was playing when he darted
into traffic. Kebe said she tried to stop him
before he was killed.
First responders rushed Miriam to nearby Lincoln
Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on
arrival.
Kebe told the News that her daughter was an
angel who loved school and Dora The Explorer.
"She’s an angel,” her mother said. "She loves
school. At school, she knew everybody’s name.
She liked everybody. She’s so friendly."
Kebe said all she can do is try to cope with the
loss.