Jecolia Karikari-Prempe, a teenager reported missing on Monday, April 6, wound up dead in a traffic crash hours after the missing person report was filed. Top accident lawyers in the country might need to intervene in the case.

The special needs teenager reportedly left the house without notice earlier that day, leading his mom to report him missing. Officers responded to the missing-person call and were still on the search when reports came in of a traffic accident on Athens Highway in Loganville, Georgia, which involved a pedestrian.

Patrol officers were dispatched to the crash site just after 10:30 pm following the report. They discovered the fatally injured pedestrian sprawled on the roadway near 3334 Langley Road in unincorporated Loganville.

It was gathered that a red minivan hit the boy while he was crossing the Athens Highway unsupervised, about 1.3 miles from his home. Responding medics pronounced Jecolia Karikari-Prempe dead on the scene resulting from his multiple injuries.

Police said the 13-year-old with special needs slipped out of the apartment while his mom was showering. The woman discovered his absence shortly after, when she went to check on him, but found the garage door open, with Karikari-Prempe gone.

Authorities disclosed that the minivan operator was not found to have broken any traffic regulation and, therefore, would not face criminal charges.

The aggrieved family of the deceased may feel helpless in such a situation. Notwithstanding, family and friends of traffic accident victims are advised to seek the intervention of a top accident lawyer to ensure they are justly compensated for the loss.

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