Courtesy of Ramos Family Rylee Ramos, 8, was struck and killed by a car outside a Bronx elementary school. A joyful 8-year-old girl who was "like sunshine" was killed outside her grade school Friday when a car jumped the sidewalk and rammed into a! group of people minutes after the dismissal bell rang, officials said.
The driver tried to run away, but she was restrained by a horrified witness as little Rylee Ramos lay dying amid other people with injuries on the sidewalk outside Public School 307.
"She was like sunshine," Rylee's heartbroken aunt Sandra Leon, 40, said, describing the wide-eyed girl as relatives gathered to mourn Friday night. "She had a beautiful smile. What do you do when you lose someone like her? I wouldn't wish this on any child... adult...anyone."
Rylee and her friend, Genesis Rodriguez, were only paces away from the school's front door along Eames Place in Kingsbridge Heights when a blue Honda Accord hopped the curb and hit them about 2:45 p.m. The 55-year-old woman behind the wheel then tried to drive forward but all that did was "hit more people," said Eliasser Lopez, 11. "It was something out of this world," Eliasser said of the horror.
When the driver finally stopped, Rylee was injured beyond saving, though some tried to give her CPR. The car hit the girl so hard it crushed one of her lungs, family members said.
"She kept going in and out," said Erskine Caldwell, who lives nearby.
"Her eyes were rolling up back in her head. She was foaming at the mouth and everybody was calling 911. It was really heartbreaking."
Paramedics rushed the third-grader to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died.
New York Daily News An 8-year-old girl was killed Friday when a car backed onto the sidewalk in front of a Bronx school and rammed into a group of pedestrians, authorities said. Two women, ages 54 and 66, were taken to the same hospital with serious injuries. Both were expected to survive, authorities said.
Genesis, who is in the fourth grade, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, along with two other women, ages 31 and 26, according to authorities.
Police said a total of 10 people were struck by the vehicle, while nine remained in stable condition early Saturday morning.
"She was in shock," Genesis' mom Cynthia Beltran, 36, said of her daughter. "She couldn't move her right arm and her legs. Nothing is broken, thank God."
"I thought I was going to lose my daughter."
After the driver got out of the car, she tried to run, but at least one parent stopped her.
"One gentleman grabbed her, and the other mothers were ready to go after her," Caldwell said. "He prevented the other mothers from getting a hold of her."
Caldwell said he was stunned by the driver's reaction.
"She was angry that the guy was holding her," Caldwell recalled. "I couldn't believe she was angry that the guy was holding her."
After a few moments, the driver started wailing, witnesses said.
"What have I done?" she screamed in Spanish before she leaned against the car and stared blankly at the sky.
Peter Gerber for New York Daily News Another girl at the scene, age 9, was taken to Jacobi Hospital with two women, ages 31 and 26, with minor injuries. 
Barry Williams for New York Daily News The scene where an 8-year-old was killed after school Friday in the Bronx. 
An NYPD officer monitors the scene where a Honda jumped a sidewalk in the Bronx and killed an 8-year-old. 
Todd Maisel/New York Daily News The 8-year-old girl was struck in front of Public School 307 in the Bronx Friday.No charges had been filed against the driver by early Saturday. Her name was not released.
Police said she was reversing down Eames Place from Claflin Ave. when she backed onto the sidewalk, hitting the group as well as a parked car and a street sign.
Beltran told The News that Genesis will be OK physically — but the girl did not know Rylee's terrible fate.
"I haven't told her yet that she is dead," Beltran said.
With Laura Bult and Peter Gerber
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