Do you remember going somewhere special with
dad or mom and what made it so special was that
it was just you two. None of your other brothers
or sisters competing with you for attention. Well
that special day for Kaniyah Richardson and ended
in tragedy and one she may never forget.
A minister’s son died as he shielded his 4-year-old daughter from an out-of-control car Monday night on the South Side, apparently saving the girl’s life, police and relatives say.
Joseph Richardson, 39, was walking his daughter Kaniyah to a McDonald’s for burgers when a car jumped the curb at 95th Street and Wentworth Avenue, according to police.
Richardson grabbed his daughter just before the car slammed the two into a fence, police and family say.
“He held the baby up to keep the car from destroying the baby, but it totally destroyed him,” his father, the Rev. L.V. Richardson, said this afternoon. “It’s hurt me pretty bad, but the Lord’s going to keep me moving on.”
Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene. Kaniyah was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.
Charges are pending against the driver of the car, a 33-year old Chicago man, as police investigate whether alcohol or drugs were involved. Witnesses say the man was driving erratically before the accident.
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