CUDAHY — A now 10-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street to go to school in Cudahy on October 28.

Lenci Lambert was hit near South Swift Avenue and East Ramsey Avenue. Investigators charged 89-year-old Darlene Adam with hit and run Tuesday.

Body camera footage shows the moment Cudahy police met with Adam just blocks away at St. Luke's Hospital. In the footage, Adam appears confused about what happened to her vehicle.

"It seemed like a rock or something hit my car," Adam said.

When officers asked about the damage, Adam suggested she may have hit a barrel.

"Maybe a barrel," Adam said.

"She had no idea she hit a kid. And when you get to that stage and you don't know, you shouldn't be driving," witness Bob Orlando said.

The victim's uncle, Jumoka Johnson, said

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