As the father of a 13-year-old daughter who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and died over the weekend, Habetamu Dirba’s anguish could not be more heartbreaking. “Why, why, why, why,” he wailed. “Even if we hit a little animal, we stop. This is a human being.” On the morning of Oct. 28 , Helina Dirba, a Waverly High School ninth-grader in Lansing, decided to walk to school after she missed the bus. Twenty minutes later, her father left the house to drive to the store and happened upon the accident scene. “It was crowded all around my neighborhood” said Habetamu Dirba, an Ethiopian native. “When I parked, two people came to me and they say: ‘Are you Mr. Dirba?’ Then, they hold my hand and...
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