A Theodore High School student is dead after being hit while riding his bike.
State troopers say the driver of an SUV was legally passing another vehicle on Dauphin Island Parkway Tuesday night when the vehicle hit 16-year-old Cody Brooks.
It was pitch black outside and officials say Brooks was riding his bike facing on-coming traffic and he was wearing dark clothing.
Brooks' father Samuel Brooks says this tragedy is an unexplainable loss.
"I put my head down on his chest and I didn't get no heartbeat. No pulse, no nothing. I got on my knees and prayed to God not to take my baby's life. No charges have been filed against the driver. i was supposed to register him at school today. Now I got to register him to put him in the ground." said father Samuel Brooks.
No charges have been filed against the driver.
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