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YOU CAN FIND THAT AND MORE OF
OUR REPORTING AT
CBSMIAMI.COM.
NEW AT 6:00, AN EMOTIONAL
DAY IN A
COUNTY COURTROOM.
A MAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING
DOWN TWO BOYS LEAVING ONE FOR
DEAD.
THE OTHER
CRITICALLY INJURED LEARNED HIS
FATE IN COURT
TODAY.
CBS IS LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
AND
THAT DRIVER RECEIVED A SENTENCE
OF 7.5 YEARS IN
PRISON.
IF FAMILY OF ONE OF THE
VICTIMS,
APOLLO BROWN, AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
BOY.
YOU LEFT MY KIDS TO DIE.
MANY I BABY
IS GONE FOREVER.
Reporter: SALINA BROWN
CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT ZACHARY BEN GAMMON, THE
DRIVER WHETHER OR
NOT HIT AND KILLED HER SON,
APOLLO BROWN AND
INJURED HER OTHER SON BEFORE
DRIVE AGO WAY WILL
ONLY SPEND SEVEN AND A HALF
YEARS IN PRISON FOR
THE CRIMES.
DURING A LENGTHY AND EMOTIONAL
SENTENCING HEARING, HE
TESTIFIED ABOUT HIS
EXTENSIVE INJURIES FROM THE
CRASH IN
DECEMBER 2014.
BROWN AND HER HUSBAND TOLD THE
JUDGE ABOUT THE PAIN THEY HAVE
BEEN FORCED TO
LIVE WITH.
HIS ACTIONS HAVE TORN US TO
PIECES.
HE TOOK PART OF MY LIFE
AWAY FROM ME.
MY EYES ARE HEAVY, FILLED WITH
TEARS AND MY
HEART ACHES.
I AM ANGRY, HURT, SAD, AND
BROKEN.
Reporter: GENERAL MA -- BEN
GAMMON READ
A LETTER HE WROTE SAYING HE'S
SORRY FOR WHAT HE
DID.
BEN GAMMON HIT THE BOYS IN A
DARK ROAD
THAT DID NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS AND
SPED AWAY AND
TRIED TO GET THE CAR FIXED TO
COVER UP THE
CRASH.
FOR THE LAST 556 DAYS, NOT
ONE OF
THOSE DAYS HAVE GONE BY THAT I
DON'T THINK
ABOUT MY CHOICES AND HOW THEY
HAVE IMPACTED
YOUR LIVES.
BEN GAMMON BLAMED HIS THEN
GIRLFRIEND
FOR CONVINCING HIM FOR TRYING
TO GET THE CAR
REPAIRED AND FAILING TO COME
FORWARD.
IT WAS A
MECHANIC WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE.
PROSECUTORS
ASKED FOR A 20-YEAR PRISON
SENTENCE.
THE JUDGE
SENTENCED HIM TO 7.5 YEARS.
SELENA BROWN
REACTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
COURTROOM.
SHE
SAYS BEN GAMMONS HIT HER SON
AND LEFT HIM TO
DIE ON THE STREET.
HE TOOK APOLLO'S LIFE AWAY
FROM HIM.
HE CAN'T EN-- HE GETS TO ENJOY
HIS FREEDOM.
I
JUST WANT MY BABY BACK.
THAT IS ALL.
Reporter: ONCE BEN GAMMON
FINISHES HIS
PRISON SENTENCE, HE'LL HAVE HIS
DRIVER'S
LICENSE TAKEN AWAY FOR TEN
YEARS.
ALL IS
LITTLE CONSOLATION TO THE