Anthony Harris and his wife, Carnita, would have celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary on New Year’s Eve. Instead, Harris is dead, and the couple’s 3-year-old daughter, Niara, is clinging to life after a rollover accident Saturday.
Harris, 36, was killed as he and the girl were returning to their North City Park home. The car flipped and rolled twice after hitting the median at Colorado Boulevard and Ninth Avenue.
“He and the baby were coming home by themselves. He was coming from a friend’s house, where they had been to watch the game,” said Carnita Groves, the mother of Harris’ wife.
Niara, who will turn 4 at the end of this month, was taken to Children’s Hospital with a head injury, her grandmother said.
The couple has another daughter, Imani, 2.
Niara is a bright child who enjoys being a big sister, Groves said.
“She is exceptionally articulate for her age. A lot of people think she is much older than she is. At the little day care she was going to, she was identified as the top in her class. She is the kind of child you could see being promoted a grade or two early.”
Harris, a warehouse worker, had no life insurance or health coverage, and friends of the family have started a fund to help with the girl’s medical expenses.
The accident is still being investigated.
Donations for the Harris family can be sent to: Washington Mutual Bank, 1723 S. Logan St., Denver, CO 80210.
Tom McGhee: 303-954-1671 or tmcghee@denverpost.com
