A four-year-old boy was hit and killed by a car after running into the road at a pelican crossing because he was excited to get home for KFC, an inquest has heard.... She said he must have been one metre ahead of the mother.“ The mother tried to grab him but it was too late and the car struck the boy.... He received highly specialist treatment both at the roadside and at the hospital.“ The injuries, particularly to his brain, were not such that could be survived....