Family and friends remember 10-year-old killed near Highway 99 in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Family members and friends are grieving the nonaccomplishment of 10-year-old Corday Brown, who was deed and killed by a motortruck Sunday day portion walking adjacent the Highway 99 on-ramp astatine Cesar Chavez Boulevard.

A candlelight vigil is planned successful the country Monday evening to grant Corday’s memory. Loved ones accidental they’re inactive successful daze implicit the calamity and importune helium was not playing successful the thoroughfare erstwhile helium was struck, contempt archetypal reports from authorities.

Nine-year-old Joshua White could lone find 1 connection to picture the past 24 hours: “Bad.” Through tears, helium recalled happier moments with his stepbrother.

“He was playing games connected the PlayStation 5. He was archetypal successful our second, and we were ever together,” Joshua said.

According to the California Highway Patrol, Corday was walking with a radical of friends connected the on-ramp adjacent Highway 99 conscionable aft 4 p.m. erstwhile helium was struck. His household says the radical had conscionable returned from the Poverello House, wherever they had picked up food.

Corday’s older brother, Corrion Brown, said helium received the telephone portion connected abrogation successful Pismo Beach. Corrion described his younger member arsenic a joyful kid who loved shot and played connected the Fresno Minors Youth Football Team.

“Corday was conscionable a blessed person. He ever had a grin connected his face, ne'er treated cipher bad,” Corrion said.

He disputed aboriginal reports that the children were playing successful the street.

“No. My member would ne'er play connected a street. They were crossing, and idiosyncratic was coming excessively fast, and my member couldn’t determination retired of the way,” Corrion added.

The CHP says the operator remained astatine the country and is cooperating with investigators.

Corrion wants radical to cognize that his stepbrother was a shot player, a large athlete, and idiosyncratic who accepted everybody.

“Never mean nobody, accepted everybody,” helium said.

Family members accidental grief counselors person been made disposable for students astatine Corday’s schoolhouse arsenic galore classmates conflict to process his death.