With candles and balloons, a 10-year-old girl’s grieving family and friends met on Monday night at the Gwen Cherry Park in Miami-Dade County’s Gladeview neighborhood.
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Peyton Williams and her 15-year-old brother were riding an e-bike together when a driver struck them on Sep. 9 at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 177 Street, according to deputies.
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies searched for the driver on Monday night. Peyton’s brother Willbrent survived and was at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Peyton died.
Mourners remembered Peyton as a member of the Gwen Cherry Park Bulls cheer team, a youth sports program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade.
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On Sunday, deputies reported finding the Nissan Versa that they suspect struck and killed Peyton.
“Our hearts are broken … 10 years was not long enough. Her life mattered. Her story matters. Her family needs our support,” Destiny Reeves wrote in a Support Now fundraising page.
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