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Driver who slammed into girl playing in her front yard before fleeing the scene hands himself in | Daily Mail Online
The suspect in a hit and run crash which saw a nine-year-old girl who was playing in her front yard seriously injured has been arrested.
Gabriel Fordham, 28, turned himself in on Tuesday but claims he was fighting off an armed carjacker when the incident occurred, WSB reports.
His attorney, Ryan Williams, said: 'Someone jumped in his vehicle with a pistol, put the gun to his face, made him drive, and the whole time my client was driving, he was kind of directing the path.'
LaDerihanna Holmes was outside her home in Lithonia, Georgia with another girl around 7pm on Friday when the car careered straight toward them.
Distressing video shows the second girl running off in one direction after looking back and seeing the oncoming vehicle.
LaDerihanna runs in the other direction, but the black sedan blows past a stop sign and jumps the curb before running her over and slamming into her home.
Surveillance footage captured one of the two suspects fleeing from the scene, exiting from the car's passenger side and running across the front lawn as LaDerihanna's family rushed over to help her.
Fordham has since been charged with failure to maintain lane, failure to stop at a stop sign, reckless driving, hit and run and serious injury by vehicle.
His attorney says he is 'apologetic and he wants to help this family get closure to this issue'.
Fordham only fled the scene when he saw someone come out of the house with a gun and making threats, Williams argues.
The suspect and his girlfriend, who owns the car, are said to have contacted police following the crash and have been negotiating a surrender ever since.
Suspect arrested in hit-and-run that severely hurt girl, 9, playing in her yard
The suspect in a hit and run crash which saw a nine-year-old girl who was playing in her front yard seriously injured has been arrested.
Gabriel Fordham, 28, turned himself in on Tuesday but claims he was fighting off an armed carjacker when the incident occurred, WSB reports.
His attorney, Ryan Williams, said: 'Someone jumped in his vehicle with a pistol, put the gun to his face, made him drive, and the whole time my client was driving, he was kind of directing the path.'
LaDerihanna Holmes was outside her home in Lithonia, Georgia with another girl around 7pm on Friday when the car careered straight toward them.
Distressing video shows the second girl running off in one direction after looking back and seeing the oncoming vehicle.
LaDerihanna runs in the other direction, but the black sedan blows past a stop sign and jumps the curb before running her over and slamming into her home.
Surveillance footage captured one of the two suspects fleeing from the scene, exiting from the car's passenger side and running across the front lawn as LaDerihanna's family rushed over to help her.
Fordham has since been charged with failure to maintain lane, failure to stop at a stop sign, reckless driving, hit and run and serious injury by vehicle.
His attorney says he is 'apologetic and he wants to help this family get closure to this issue'.
Fordham only fled the scene when he saw someone come out of the house with a gun and making threats, Williams argues.
The suspect and his girlfriend, who owns the car, are said to have contacted police following the crash and have been negotiating a surrender ever since.
Suspect arrested in hit-and-run that severely hurt girl, 9, playing in her yard
