Fanta Sangare 'was happy and caring and loved birthday parties, dancing, and the color pink.”
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A 23-year-old Newark man has been arrested and charged in connection with a hit-and-run in January that killed a 5-year-old girl and injured her father and sister as they attempted to cross Sixth Avenue in Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said in a statement.
Suhrell S. Proctor was charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in serious bodily injury, along with a host of other offenses. Killed in the Jan. 31 collision was Fanta Sangare, who also lived in Newark. “Like most … girls, she was happy and caring and loved birthday parties, dancing, and the color pink,” a relative posted on aSeriously injured were Fanta’s father, Ousmane Sangare, and her sister, Remata, 2.
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