Article: Family mourns loss of Kaylee, 1; brother mending from hit-and-run

LONG BEACH -- When little Kaylee Alvarez was born on July 22, 2008, her parents, Alex and Yesenia Alvarez, felt like their family unit of four was complete.

"I was happy I had my son, but I always wanted a little girl," said Alex Alvarez, 23. "When she was born I just grabbed her. I was so happy I finally had my girl."

On Friday night, the Alvarez family was ripped apart when a hit- and-run driver in a Dodge Durango plowed into a wagon with 1-year- old Kaylee and her 2-year-old brother Oscar inside. Alvarez said he and his wife were on a walk near their home and had been pulling the children in a wagon through the crosswalk at Redondo Avenue and 10 th Street.

"They guy hit us and he didn't ...

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