Carrano lost her beloved son, Tristan Barhorst, in 2020 when the 10-year-old was struck by a car and killed after buying a treat from an ice cream truck in Wallingford, Connecticut.
“He was an old soul. He was kind of empathetic, loving, thoughtful, selfless, smart, incredibly funny, extremely athletic, thankful and creative,” Carrano told Fox News Digital.
MOTHER OF CHILD KILLED AFTER VISITING ICE CREAM TRUCK SPEAKS OUT AS SHE FIGHTS TO PASS SAFETY LAWS
“There are not enough words to describe what he was and the hole that we’re left with, with him being gone.”
The truck that sold her son his last ice cream treat had lights, a stop sign and other safety features on it — but the driver chose not to activate those assets because it was daytime, Carrano said.
