ARCADIA, Fla. — A tragedy happened along SE Airport Road in Arcadia when two parents were pulling their six-year-old daughter in a wagon and were hit by a car.
The parents, Kimberlea and Jay Hartley, were killed around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday night.
Their daughter Sienna survived without any injuries and is now in the care of Kimberlea's stepsister, April Edwards.
Edwards spoke to Fox 4 about the moment she realized she would never see her stepsister again, and the phone call that led to Sienna showing up at her front door.
“I got a call I didn't want, it's pretty much what it is… I didn't want that call. Then her daughter showing up at my doorway at like 2:30 in the morning,” said Edwards.
On Thursday, Lieutenant Greg Bueno with Florida Highway Patrol spoke with Fox 4 about the accident.
“By the grace of God, a little six-year-old is still with us,” said Bueno.
Bueno urges people who walk through dark areas like Airport Road to use lights and never enter a roadway unless they know the driver has made eye contact with them.
An FHP report said the driver was a 25-year-old female, who Edwards has a message for.
"I most want to thank her for stopping and getting help as fast as she could,” said Edwards.
Now Edwards is on a mission to make sure Sienna always has a family to come home to.
“If that means I have to take her, build an extra room on my house, get a different house, I don't care. I will figure it out. If there is a will there is a way," said Edwards.
Anyone who would like to help with funeral arrangements for Kimberlea and Jay can visit the family's Go-Fund-Me.
