Mother Gives Birth, Loses 9-Year-Old Daughter On Same Day
Posted: 8:11 am EST February 11, 2008
LEESBURG, FLa. -- A Leesburg mother was in turmoil Monday morning after losing a daughter and giving birth to a son all in the same weekend.
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Phatisa Steele, 9, was hit by a truck on Friday and was taken off life support Sunday. Police said she was running across Carpenter Avenue when a driver hit her.Friday night, doctors at Arnold Palmer hospital declared her brain dead. But next door at Winnie Palmer hospital, her mother had just delivered the girl's baby brother a few hours earlier."When I wake up in the morning I'm going to cry. When I go to sleep I'm going to cry until I can just fully accept it," said Ramona Carroll, Phatisa's mother.Eyewitnesses said the driver was on a cell phone at the time of the crash. Police say no one has been charged and the incident is still under investigation.
SLIDESHOW: Emotional Mother With Her Newborn SonRAW INTERVIEW: Mom Gets Emotional Talking About Birth, LossPhatisa Steele, 9, was hit by a truck on Friday and was taken off life support Sunday. Police said she was running across Carpenter Avenue when a driver hit her.Friday night, doctors at Arnold Palmer hospital declared her brain dead. But next door at Winnie Palmer hospital, her mother had just delivered the girl's baby brother a few hours earlier."When I wake up in the morning I'm going to cry. When I go to sleep I'm going to cry until I can just fully accept it," said Ramona Carroll, Phatisa's mother.Eyewitnesses said the driver was on a cell phone at the time of the crash. Police say no one has been charged and the incident is still under investigation.
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