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The boy was killed when an SUV driven by a 13-year-old backed over him at his home.
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The boy was killed when an SUV driven by a 13-year-old backed over him at his home.
"They were all witnesses of their baby being ripped away from them," Kennie told NEWS CENTER Maine as she fought back tears. The Gorham Police Department is investigating the incident. Officials said William Tinkham, 3, was killed after being hit by a car driven by a 13-year-old girl. According to Kennie, the 13-year-old was known by the family and was under their watch at the time of the tragic accident. Kennie said her daughter, William's mother, got out of the car leaving him with the girl inside. That's when she said the 13-year-old allegedly unbuckled the toddler, took him out of the car...
Gorham family is grief-stricken following accident that killed 3-year-old boy William Tinkham was struck outside his home last week by a vehicle driven by a 13-year-old. Monica Kennie courtesy photo The 13-year-old who was behind the wheel of an SUV that killed a 3-year-old boy in Gorham last week had spent the afternoon with the boy’s family, but suddenly took control of the vehicle when they made a brief stop at home, the boy’s grandmother said. William Tinkham was struck and killed on Tamarac Circle on April 14 shortly after he arrived home with his mother, his 8-year-old brother, and...
'The pain is unimaginable' | Gorham family reeling after accident that killed 3-year-old boy Zach Blanchard Replay Video UP NEXT Monica Kennie remembers her grandson's baby-toothed smile, the way his laugh only forced her to chuckle too, and how he would always take her phone to snap a selfie. "The pain is so unimaginable," Kennie said nearly one week after she lost the little boy. Struggling to get the words out, she recounted the phone call she received from her daughter last Wednesday telling her the 3-year-old had been run over by the family's car outside their home on ...