Stockton Girl Saves Little Brother From Hit-And-Run Driver Who's Still On The Run
STOCKTON (CBS13) — An 11-year-old girl is being called a hero after she risked her life in front of a speeding car to save her little brother.
Rosie Carino was hit by a car in front of Lottie Grunsky Elementary School on Thursday, trying to save her younger brother. That car and its driver have not been found.
Rosie, her friends and her little brother were halfway across the street when they saw a car coming straight at them. Rosie says she didn't realize she was hurt until after her friends dragged her to the grass, and she checked to make sure her brother way OK.
She can walk, much to her family's relief on Friday. She was just a few steps away from her home on Thursday when she pushed her little brother out of the way and put herself in the path of a speeding car.
"The car was coming. My friend jumped back and I pulled my brother out of the way, but by the time I pulled him out of the way, the car had already hit me and I like, spinned," she said.
Campus supervisor Leslie Castro heard kids screaming and ran through the playground.
"I ran out here and I saw the little girl," she said. "She was laying on the ground. She was conscious. She was in more of concern for her brother that she had to push out of the way."
Her little brother, kindergartner Sergio Sanchez has a forehead bruise. He fell into the road after Rosie's push.
"Rosie saved my life," he said.
Rosie went to the hospital with a fractured pelvis and some bruising. The car that hit her got away.
"He ran that red light and ran the next red light and went down West Lane," said principal Michael Sousa.
Rosie says it was a brown car that looked pretty old.
The siblings stayed home on Friday, but they'll be back at school on Monday. Her friends and teachers call Rosie a hero for saving her little brother.
"A lot of people are saying that but, that was my first instinct to push my brother out of the way," she said.
Witnesses told police the car didn't have license plates. Stockton Police are reviewing city cameras to find the hit-and-run driver.
