Candlelight vigil honors 4-year-old boy killed in Burlingame chain-reaction crash
BURLINGAME, Calif. (KGO) -- A 4-year-old boy killed in a pedestrian crash in Burlingame was remembered with a candlelight vigil.
Ayden Fang died August 8 when a car jumped the sidewalk and hit him outside a restaurant.
Police say it was a chain-reaction involving an e-bike. The car hit two kids while they were playing. A 6-year-old girl from another family was also hit but survived.
There's now a memorial at the spot where the crash happened.
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There was an outpouring of support Sunday in downtown Burlingame for the Fang family.
"Shock, denial, anger and resentment. Those were the raw emotions that washed over us immediately after the tragedy two weeks ago," Ayden's father Ming Fang said.
Hundreds of people gathered for a candlelit vigil Sunday night.
"Loving memories of Ayden, innocent laughter of his brother, the support from near and far. Those formed a seawall around us. Without that we'd be crushed by relenting waves of sorrow and grief," Ming Fang said.
Ayden's uncle spoke about some of his nephew's last moments.
"This was one of the last photos of him on his mother's phone, he was participating in Burlingame Library's 'A Thousand Books Before Kindergarten' program and had just finished his first 100 and was so proud and excited to turn in his worksheet."
Ayden's Montessori teacher described him as a disciplined and thoughtful young boy.
"As we try to make sense of this devastating tragedy I am grateful that I was his teacher," she said.
Ayden's family is vowing to turn their despair into action.
"In due course we'd like to unite the community and improve pedestrian safety here in California," Ming Fang said. "That's for Ayden's brother, Ayden's friends, and Ayden's city."
