10-year-old boy killed in southwest Fresno crash identified

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- We present cognize the sanction of the 10-year-old lad deed and killed by a car successful Southwest Fresno yesterday afternoon.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office, arsenic good arsenic household friends, confirmed helium is Corday Brown.

"He was ever the same, the outgoing kid to support everybody going and conscionable having fun," said Raymond Mayberry, Fresno Miners Nonprofit Youth Football. "Corday was a amusive boy. He was a amusive boy. And I'm gonna miss him."

In 10-year-old Corday Brown's abbreviated life, helium faced a batch of challenges. He was raised by a azygous begetter aft his parent died giving commencement to him..

His begetter is present battling crab and volition request to hide his young son.

For those who cognize Corday, similar Raymond Mayberry, helium said the trials ne'er dulled Corday's spirit.

"He has been done a lot, a lot, and it didn't, it didn't specify who helium was. He was inactive a bully kid. He wasn't successful trouble," said Mayberry. "And conscionable a humble kid, conscionable just a bully kid, that's each I tin say."

Mayberry met Corday erstwhile helium was conscionable 5 years aged and joined the Fresno Miners Nonprofit Youth Football organization.

"He was 1 of my players that a batch of the boys looked up to, connected that level, that helium played connected and nether him and implicit him," said Mayberry. "He was conscionable similar the halfway of attraction astir of the time."

Corday's beingness was chopped abbreviated Sunday erstwhile helium was deed by a car connected Golden State Boulevard successful southwest Fresno successful a no-crossing zone.

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Police said the operator remained astatine the country and cooperated. They don't judge intoxicant played a relation successful the crash.

The California Highway Patrol is starring the probe and did not person an update connected Monday.

Mayberry said Corday lived successful the country and was crossing the roadworthy with his member and immoderate friends.

Mayberry is present helping the families and kids who knew Corday enactment done the symptom of his death.

"Being a steadfast believer successful God, there's lone 1 happening I tin archer these babies contiguous and that and I said, The Lord took him home," said Mayberry. "It was his time, and he's successful a amended place. And. And, you know, I conscionable just from maine to the parents, just, you know, emotion your kids and conscionable thatch them, thatch them that this is portion of life."

Mayberry ordered memorial decals for each the players successful the league to deterioration connected their helmets truthful Corday volition beryllium connected the tract with them each day.

A vigil volition beryllium held adjacent the country of the clang connected Monday astatine 6 pm.

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