The parents of a 7-year-old boy who was hit and killed by a car were charged with involuntary manslaughter after allowing the child and his brother to walk home alone.

Jessica Ivey and Samuele Jenkins were charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, felony child neglect and misdemeanor child neglect after their son Legend died from his injuries after he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee driven by a 76-year-old woman on May 27 in Gastonia, North Carolina, according to a release from the Gastonia Police .

Authorities added that the woman driving the Jeep is not facing charges.

What happened in the incident?

Local perspective:

Legend and his 10-year-old brother were walking home alone from a Food Lion store, two blocks from their residence.

The Gaston Gazette reported th

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