{"id":34568,"date":"2026-08-09T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34568"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:27:33","slug":"kiara-bowling-woman-critically-injured-in-oakland-crash-involving-young-brothers-is-fighting-for-her-life-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34568","title":{"rendered":"Kiara Bowling, woman critically injured in Oakland crash involving young brothers, is fighting for her life, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; <\/span>The family of the woman who was hit and seriously hurt by 7- and 4-year-old brothers who took their parents&#8217; car in Oakland Thursday says she is still in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC7 Eyewitness News spoke with family members of both the kids driving the vehicle and of Kiara Bowling, the pedestrian who was struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On the sidewalk where Kiara Bowling was seriously injured, her cousin, Princess Davis was asking for prayers on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This is a poster for people to come out and pray for her. Come out and show your strength and keep praying for my cousin and for her to pass the surgery,&#8221; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Thursday, Bowling was crossing the street while walking a friend&#8217;s dog, when a white sedan driven by 7- and 4- year-old brothers came speeding down 35th Avenue in Oakland and hit her from behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">PREVIOUS STORY: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/stolen-car-driven-minors-hits-multiple-vehicles-pedestrian-oakland-crash-sources\/19636714\/\">7 and 4-year-old brothers take parents&#8217; car, critically injure woman walking dog in Oakland crash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A Citizen app video showed the young boys lying on the sidewalk after the crash and Bowling being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bowling was crossing the street when the white sedan the boys were in came speeding down 35th Avenue before hitting her, according to witness accounts and surveillance video from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It was loud,&#8221; witness Lavelle Shah-Marquis said. &#8220;I pray that she&#8217;s okay, but it was bad, it was bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/19636606_080626-kgo-35th-ave-crash-img.jpg\"\/><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Her family spoke for the first time on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;I just found out she has blood on her brain. She has to probably get two surgeries,&#8221; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On the phone, Bowling&#8217;s aunt said her niece is at Highland hospital fighting for her life with a brain bleed, facial fractures and undergoing multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bowling is in her early 30s and was recently selected as Miss California Regency International 2026. She is described as a hardworking student on her last semester at Cal State East Bay and was back in Oakland after finishing a summer program at Yale for her JD &#8212; her dream is to become a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;She went to school, she was out helping the community, she is a model. She does a lot for this community. My cousin didn&#8217;t deserve this. I hate that this happened to her,&#8221; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 7- and 4-year-old boys are also in the hospital. Their uncle, who did not want to be on camera, said the 7-year-old fractured both legs and the youngest is recovering from a concussion. Both are at UCSF Benioff Children&#8217;s hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The older one was looking for his little brother. Asking about his little brother, you know? &#8216;Where&#8217;s my little brother? Is he okay?&#8217;,&#8221; Ali, the uncle said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Their parents confirmed they were sleeping when the boys somehow got their keys and drove away in the car just after 9 a.m. Their dad got home around 6 a.m. after driving for Uber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Luz Pena: &#8220;So, your brother-in-law&#8217;s telling you that it&#8217;s still unclear how they got a hold of those keys?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Yes, yes. So he&#8217;s like, &#8216;I don&#8217;t leave the keys around. I don&#8217;t know how they did that. But, you know, he&#8217;s &#8212; he&#8217;s very hurt. He&#8217;s still like in shock,&#8221; Ali said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Oakland police said 7-year-old and 4-year-old brothers took their parents&#8217; Toyota while they were sleeping and went for a drive. The crash happened several blocks from their home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident has raised questions about who could be held responsible. &#8220;Unfortunately, I think these parents need to be held responsible and that was my main concern was these parents need to be held responsible. This is ridiculous,&#8221; Shah-Marquis said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Legal analyst and former prosecutor Steven Clark said the situation is highly unusual. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never seen anything like this. It&#8217;s just such a one off,&#8221; Clark said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The law doesn&#8217;t have an exact remedy for this,&#8221; he added. Clark said that while the act itself could be considered a crime, the age of the child involved makes criminal accountability unlikely. &#8220;It is a crime that the seven-year-old committed, but we&#8217;re not going to put a seven-year-old in juvenile hall,&#8221; Clark said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Oakland police are questioning the parents and said they are cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;What was the level of supervision of these kids? How did they get access to the vehicle?&#8221; Clark said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen that in other cases where you rely on social workers, not prosecutors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Clark said he believes a civil case is likely but criminal charges are not. &#8220;This isn&#8217;t like leaving a gun around for a kid. This is an automobile that we use every day, and this is the kind of thing that you&#8217;re used to just leaving your car keys out,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Experts also said responsibility should not be placed on the children because of their ages and developmental abilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;These kids are not capable, at this age, of understanding the consequences of what they did,&#8221; said Dr. Shivani Chmura, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. &#8220;It&#8217;s like they can see that they push the first domino, but they cannot see any of the other ones after that that would fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She said the children should be protected from blame. &#8220;I would recommend counseling for them. Otherwise, they could end up with very lifelong symptoms of shame,&#8221; Chmura said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Calling the situation tragic, Chmura said, &#8220;My heart goes out to the whole situation. It&#8217;s tragic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the boys&#8217; uncle, the 7-year-old broke both his legs and the 4-year-old sustained a concussion. Both are recovering in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bowling&#8217;s family has set up a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-kiara-bowlings-recovery?utm_campaign=man_today_first_time_share&amp;utm_content=amp30-treatment-6&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=sms&amp;lang=en_US\">GoFundeMe website<\/a> to help with ongoing medical costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Bowling family continues to ask for prayers as doctors plan several surgeries in the coming days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO fnRUo pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW RMeqy daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc MENS nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY rPLsU iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM IEgzD OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD VWDdR ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV GPGwb oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage GpQCA lZur asrEW \" data-testid=\"prism-inline-image\">\n<figure class=\"kzIjN GNmeK pYrtp dSqFO \" data-testid=\"prism-figure\"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Now Streaming 24\/7 Click Here\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.abcotvs.com\/dip\/images\/11518842_247-NOWSTREAMING_1280x720.png\"\/><\/a><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. 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