Injured Father Seeks Help For Daugthers' Long Recovery After Getting Hit By Jeep

WASHINGTON, DC — While walking with his two daughters to their school in Southeast D.C. last Wednesday, a father and the two girls were hit by a Jeep while crossing the street.

D.C. Police said Tyrone Belton and his daughters, Faith and Heavyn, had the right of way while they were walking in the crosswalk at Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue SE in Congress Heights. When the driver was turning, she hit all three of them.

Tyrone Belton was dragged nearly 20 feet from his daughters after getting struck by the Jeep. His eight-year-old daughter suffered a broken leg, and his six-year-old daughter needed emergency plastic surgery to reconstruct her face.

In a GoFundMe fundraising appeal, Belton said he is no longer able to work at Capital One Arena due to his injuries.

“This is a traumatic experience for all of us. I am asking for your support due to the severity of the injuries because I do not have insurance for my youngest daughter and both will also need therapy,” Belton says on the GoFundMe page. “Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. I am just happy that we all survived.”

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Belton was walking with his daughters to school on "Walk to School Day," an event held by schools across the nation the first Wednesday in October. The event emphasizes safety for students while walking to school.

At about 9:20 a.m. last Wednesday, D.C. police officers went to Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue SE in response to the incident. The two girls and their father were all transported to a local hospital.

The driver was arrested on scene and charged with a number of crimes, including driving without a license, WUSA9 reported.

Belton told the news station that he and his children are going to need therapy to cope with what happened. He also thanked the people who stopped and called the police to help them at the scene of the crash.

Visit the GoFundMe site to donate money to help Belton and daughters recover or to leave a message.

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