It happened in a flash. The woman driving that small gray car stopped and got out to give a letter carrier some mail. She was unaware that her 3-year-old son unbuckled himself from his car seat in the back, climbed out and tried to cross the street too.

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As he stepped into the road from behind his mom's car, he was struck immediately by a large SUV.

Toni Marshall saw the whole horrible incident.

“When he got out he (the driver) was yelling, ‘Mama is this your son? I just hit your son!’...,” Marshall said. “My prayers are with the family that's all I can say.”

The child was pronounced dead on the scene, in the 10500 block of Sugarberry Street. The distraught parents are being tended to by deputies and a medical crew. witnesses say the driver of the SUV is also terribly affected.

The investigation is ongoing but at this point no blame is being assigned.