Police have arrested a man they say was driving the car that hit and seriously injured a 9-year-old girl playing in her front yard in suburban Atlanta. But the man’s lawyer said his client was trying to fight off a carjacker at the time of the wreck.
News outlets report that Gabriel Jabri Fordham, 28, surrendered to police Tuesday evening. Fordham faces charges, including hit and run and serious injury by vehicle, in the crash Friday that left LaDerihanna Holmes with a fractured skull and broken pelvis, among other injuries.
Another girl who was playing with LaDerihanna right before the wreck suffered bruising when her foot got stuck between the car and the house, she told WSB-TV.
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