Calgary family of teen pedestrian in hit and run speaks out: ‘Compassion, not hate’

The family of Brandon Taylor want to speak with the driver of the vehicle that hit the teen and fled, in a spirit of "compassion — not hate, not anger."

A collision that has forever impacted a Calgary family happened just steps from their home.

Brandon Taylor, 17, was hit by a vehicle’s side mirror in what police said was a hit and run Monday evening.

Officers were called to the pedestrian collision near 16 Avenue and 46 Street N.W. just after 7 p.m.

Taylor was taken to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in life-threatening condition from the scene, which is along the urban part of the Trans Canada Highway in Montgomery.

“I can see where the accident happened from my bedroom window,” mother Kailey Naugler told Global News.

About to start making dinner after a run to the grocery store that evening, Naugler went out to see why emergency vehicles had assembled in her neighbourhood. Bystanders told her it was a little girl who had been hit.

Feeling sorry for the unknown family, Naugler watched emergency responders pack up their patient for hospital.

“I walked back home, not knowing it was him. And as time went on, I realized, ‘Brandon’s never late. He’s three hours late. Something’s wrong.’”