The grieving mother of a Texas boy, who was mowed down by a pickup truck, broke down in tears as her son’s killer still hasn’t been charged a year and a half later.
Jamie Abercrombie was left distraught after her nine-year-old son, Max, was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Far East Dallas on March 12, 2024.
But as Max’s killer still faces no charges in relation to the boy’s death, Abercrombie continues to seek justice for her son.
‘I think about him every day,’ Abercrombie tearfully told CBS News. ‘It’s hard. It’s hard.’
The third grader had been riding his scooter close to his grandmother’s home in a quiet suburb when he was hit by the driver just before 6pm.
‘I saw my baby riding on the sidewalk and next thing I know I look up and everybody was screaming and running towards him,’ Abercrombie continued.
‘I was the first one to grab him and hold him and realize what had happened. I immediately started doing CPR on him and he was not… He had a pulse, but he was not conscious.’
Abercrombie told WFAA that she tried to wake her son before someone came over to help her.
Jamie Abercrombie was left distraught after her nine-year-old son, Max, was killed by a pickup truck in Far East Dallas on March 12, 2024, but are fighting to bring charges against his killer
The third grader had been riding his scooter close to his grandmother’s home in a quiet suburb when he was hit by the driver just before 6pm. Pictured: Max (left) with his mother, Jamie (center), and his sister, Hailey (right)
Max is remembered by his family as a ‘goofy kid that could make anyone smile’
‘It was all a fuzz from there,’ she added.
‘I remember when the ambulance got there, I yelled at the crowd that had gathered to find out who did this. They all pointed at a man who was standing there quietly behind everybody.’
Max was rushed to the Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where he tragically succumbed to his injuries.
The driver didn’t offer help to the injured young boy lying on the ground, according to Max’s mother.
‘From what I heard, it was a questioning at the scene and then he got to go home,’ she said.
Abercrombie added that the driver had returned to the scene, which was decorated to commemorate her son, on two occasions since the accident but never identified himself.
Their attorney Andrew Howard told the outlet that the accident was ‘certainly’ a hit-and-run and could even be ruled as manslaughter.
‘In our estimation, there were multiple felonies that this person committed,’ Howard added.
Abercrombie said that the driver had returned to the scene, which was decorated to commemorate her son, on two occasions since the accident but never identified himself
His sister, Hailey, said: ‘It just hits in waves. One day I’ll be okay and then the next day I’ll feel horrible, and I’m upset. And it hits hard’
Yet, police determined that ‘no offense occurred’ and Max’s death was ruled by the Dallas County medical examiner’s office as an accident.
‘The standard protocol was followed by the officers and investigators. The driver returned to the scene, in compliance with the law regarding an involvement in a crash,’ Dallas police told CBS in a statement.
‘The investigation determined that no offense occurred.’
Yet, Abercrombie told WFAA that their family ‘haven’t got any answers from the police and no justice so far.’
‘I just feel like that’s your job to make us feel protected when something like this happens. And we definitely did not feel protected,’ she said.
His family is demanding that, at the very least, they can see an arrest for Failure to Stop and Render Aid Resulting in Death, a grand jury presentation and the release of all investigative materials, WFAA reported.
Howard declared that the police department ‘dropped the ball,’ as Max’s family said: ‘DPD watched the man who killed our child stand in a crowd and then go home. If this were North Dallas, there would have been an arrest that night.’
Abercrombie admitted that, following the tragedy, she avoids the intersection where her son lost his life as much as possible.
‘It’s hard for me to go down there,’ Abercrombie said. ‘This is a street that I grew up on, and then my son passed away on. It’s just crazy. It’s hard to come over here’
A GoFundMe for the family said that ‘anyone that has ever met Max will never forget him, he was the light in the room’
‘It’s hard for me to go down there,’ she told WFAA. ‘This is a street that I grew up on, and then my son passed away on. It’s just crazy. It’s hard to come over here.’
His sister, Hailey, told CBS: ‘It just hits in waves. One day I’ll be okay and then the next day I’ll feel horrible, and I’m upset. And it hits hard.’
‘It’s like a wound that I have to keep opening,’ Abercrombie added.
Max is remembered by his family as a ‘goofy kid that could make anyone smile.’
‘Max was the ultimate team mate for his football team, he loved and cared about the players and coaches,’ a GoFundMe for their family said.
His family began a clothing brand called Max’s Custom Apparel to keep ‘Max’s beautiful name and spirit alive.’
‘We miss him deeply every single day, and this little business is a piece of our healing journey,’ Abercrombie said on Facebook.
Max’s godmother, LaTonya Gray, wrote on Facebook: ‘Heaven couldn’t wait for you Max, my god son, you hurt me with this one my big boy…’
Max’s family donated the young boy’s organs so that ‘his lion heart will live on,’ and he was celebrated in a tearful honor walk at the hospital
‘Max was the ultimate team mate for his football team, he loved and cared about the players and coaches,’ a GoFundMe for their family said
Police ruled that Max’s death was an accident and ‘no offense occurred’ as his family are hoping to bring charges to the driver that hit the boy
‘Life won’t be the same without you, but to know you are with God gives me peace…You WILL BE MISSED and your name will live on through all of us,’ Gray added.
In a burial service for Max in August of last year, friends and family released balloons and tossed roses and wrote messages for him.
Max’s family donated the young boy’s organs so that ‘his lion heart will live on,’ and he was celebrated in a tearful honor walk at the hospital.
The GoFundMe, which raised $26,901, added that ‘anyone that has ever met Max will never forget him, he was the light in the room.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Dallas Police Department for comment.
