DAYTON — Terrence Bass Sr. wants to know who was driving the car that hit and killed his son this week and he’s also grateful for the person who tried to help his son -- only to be hit by a second car.
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Terrence Bass Jr., 28, of Dayton, was killed early Wednesday when a car hit him about 1:22 a.m. as he crossed Cornell Drive at Fotip Lane and dragged him about 100 feet.
A second Dayton police incident report indicates that the person who was trying to give aid to Bass was hit by a second vehicle at the same location about a minute later. That second vehicle also ran over Bass, according to the incident report.
“Justice? I want to find out who was driving the car. I want to find out you know why they left my son laying there,” Bass told News Center 7′s Kayla McDermott on Friday.
The fact that the Good Samaritan stepped up to help the injured man, Bass the elder said, “Made me feel like there’s some humanity, you know, somebody did something and they stopped to try to help somebody.”
The Good Samaritan suffered non-life-threatening injuries and remains in a hospital.
The Bass family, which includes deceased man’s two children, remains in mourning and has been left stricken by grief, Bass said.
Dayton police Lt. Stephen Clark recommends that citizens who have the opportunity render aid to someone in the street should stay as far out of the roadway as possible. If you can position your vehicle to block an accident, you should do so for your protection as well as the injured.
Lt. Clark said both drivers remained on scene and are cooperating with the ongoing investigation.