Even more details have emerged in the hit-and-run death of a two-year-old girl on Mission Street over a week ago. In the latest news, the girl's aunt, who was charged with child endangerment after allegedly leaving the toddler in the middle of the street, was reportedly splitting her attention between a conversation on her cell phone and the two children she was caring for.

As previously reported, SF toddler Mi'yana Gregory was struck and killed by a driver while in the crosswalk on Mission Street between 4th and 5th Streets at 10:37 p.m. on Friday, August 15.

A subsequent investigation by SFPD revealed, they say, that Gregory had been left in the middle of Mission Street by her aunt, 25-year-old Loyresha Gage, who was struggling to get both Mi'yana and her twin brother to the Fifth and Mission parking garage following a showing of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.

According to the Chronicle's Matier and Ross, the childcare challenge was compounded because Gage was also on her cell phone while trying to ferry the young children across the busy street, chatting with a friend "about where they would meet up later."

Gage, police say, entered the crosswalk with Mi'yana even though oncoming traffic had the green light, then left Mi'yana in the road as she returned to the curb to retrieve Mi'yana's twin, all while continuing her phone conversation. That was when the driver of a four-door, white Camry, Honda, or Lexus crossed the intersection on the green light, struck Mi'yana, then drove away.

Gage was subsequently arrested for felony child endangerment, and pled not guilty.

Gage's friends and family, however, object to the focus being placed on Gage in the tragedy.

"Justice for 'My-My' isn't prosecuting one of the closet people to (her) in jail," a neighbor told NBC Bay Area.

In an interview with the Chron, Shonece Rodgers, Mi'yana's mother, echoed those sentiments, saying that Gage's arrest is "not giving My-My no justice...The person driving is responsible — period."

And, it's true, the driver of the car, described as from the mid 90s with a dark colored mismatched front bumper and dark or black rims (photo above), has yet to come forward. According to M&R, the driver of the car kept going down Mission following the crash, to at least First Street.

Gage, a longtime Muni employee, remains in jail on $50,000 bond, after a judge reduced it from $250,000. The funeral for her niece, Bay City News reports, will be held today.

Previously: SFPD: Aunt Left Child Killed In Hit-And-Run In Middle Of The Street As Cars Approached

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