News 5 Anchor Rob Powers sat down with the mother of a 7-year-old girl who was killed when the vehicle she was in crashed into a pole on Cleveland's West Side.
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Dai’Nyla Wray, 7, was inside an SUV Sunday morning when it crashed into a pole on Denison Avenue near West 58th Street.
She and Da’Nyla were among 15 people inside the vehicle, headed for a beach day on Lake Erie. When asked why there were so many passengers, Rayauna said she was acting as a babysitter.
“It wasn’t my vehicle, I was basically babysitting,” Rayauna said.
Caradine and the parents of the other injured children have been asking for the driver to turn himself in.
“Please… Just turn yourself in… Please…," Rayauna said.
Because of the complexities of the investigation, Cleveland Police have not commented on the case or released the name of the driver, who left the scene and has not been heard from since.
A GoFundMe has been created to help raise money for funeral expenses for Da’Nyla. Click here for more information on the fundraiser.
"My baby, she was just so delightful. She was the sunshine in everybody's life," Caradine said. "She wanted to be a dancer. My baby taught herself everything."
