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WEBVTT TODD: THE IDEA OF HAVING TO SAY A FINAL GOODBYE TO A CHILD SO YOUNG IS REALLY TOO MUCH TO BEAR FOR ANYONE WHO KNEW TOBY ASHER MOORE. IT’S A CIRCLE OF LOVE THAT STRETCHES FROM THIS FOOTBALL FIELD TO A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL, MARKING THE SPOT WHERE SUNDAY’S TRAGIC COLLISION TOOK PLAC >> HE WAS FULL OF LIFE. HE ALWAYS, ALWAYS LAUGHING, LOVING ON EVERYONE. TODD: SUNDAY WAS NO EXCEPTION FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD TOBY MOORE UNTIL THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENED. JULIE BAILEY’S TALKING ABOUT THE MOMENT A TOY CAR TOBY WAS DRIVING ROLLED OUT OF THIS ALLEY IN HILLSBORO AND ONTO SOUTH EAST STREET COLLIDING WITH A SEDAN DRIVEN BY 40-YEAR-OLD ALLEN LANDESS. I WAS LIKE, SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. TODD: BECKY TUCKER IS A NURSE WHO RAN TO TOBY’S SIDE AS HE LAY NEXT TO WHERE THIS CROSS MADE OF STICKS NOW STANDS. >> FROM THE MOMENT I STARTED CPR I STARTED PRAYING. TODD: TOBY’S SHORT LIFE ENDED AT HIGHLAND DISTRICT HOSPITAL. WHILE THE CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. >> I HAVE TWO YOUNGER KIDS, YOU NOW, THAT, I JUST COULDN’T IMAGINE. TODD: JENNIFER MAURER AND LARRY SCRUGGS KNOW TOBY’S PARENTS WELL. SHE’S IN CHARGE OF CHEERLEADING, AND HE’S DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBORO YOUTH FOOTBALL AND CHEER PROGRAM, WHICH TOBY’S SISTER AND BROTHERS HAVE BEEN A BIG PART OF. >> WE LOVE THESE CHILDREN. AND YOU GROW TO LOVE THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO WHEN THEY HURT, WE HURT. TODD: HURT AND HELP, SCRUGGS AND HIS WIFE TOOK CARE OF DINNER FOR TOBY’S FAMILY SUNDAY AS THE SHOCK OF WHAT HAPPENED SETTLED IN. AND MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY. >> WITH SOMEBODY THAT CLOSE AT THAT YOUNG, I CAN’T EVEN FATHOM. IT’S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. WE’RE EXTENDED FAMILY. AND WE’RE GONNA BE THERE, AND WE’RE GONNA DO WHAT WE CAN. TODD: TOBY’S LOVED ONES ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPOR

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Julie Bailey was numb with grief Monday as she reflected on a child's life cut far too short."He was full of life," Bailey said, describing two-year-old Toby Moore. "Always laughing, loving on everyone."Sunday afternoon was no exception for Toby, until the unthinkable happened."I feel so bad for them," Bailey said, thinking about Toby's family.Investigators with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Toby was driving a toy car just before 4 p.m. Sunday. The toy vehicle rolled out of an alley near his house and onto South East Street, colliding with a sedan driven by 40-year-old Allen Landess."I was just like, 'Something's not right,'" Becky Tucker said.Tucker is a nurse who ran to Toby's side as he lay next to where a cross made of sticks now stands."From the moment I started CPR I started praying," Tucker said.Toby passed away at Highland District Hospital. While the case remains under investigation, police said it appears to have been a tragic accident."I have two younger kids," Jennifer Maurer said. "I just couldn't imagine."Maurer and Larry Scruggs know Toby's parents well. She's in charge of cheerleading for the Hillsboro Youth Football and Cheer program, and Scruggs is the program's director. Toby's sister and brothers have been involved in the program for several years."We love these children," Maurer said. "You grow to love their families. And so when they hurt, we hurt."While friends are coping with what happened, they're also helping. Scruggs and his wife took care of dinner for Toby's family Sunday night as the shock of what happened settled in. And more help is on the way."With somebody that close and that young, I can't even fathom," Scruggs said. "It's just unbelievable. ... We're extended family, and we're going to be there, and we're going to do what we can."Scruggs said members of New Life Church and Ministries have donated money to Toby's family, and a GoFundMe page has been created to help with funeral expenses.