In a bizarre twist, it has emerged that Parkhurst was behind the wheel of the hit-and-run of toddler Carolee Ashby that remained a mystery for 44 years. The 68-year-old grandfather tried to shut a gate at Goodall Park in Sanford in the US eastern state of Maine last Friday, but the crazed driver 51-year-old Sharrow hit him, and he died en route to hospital. THE Vietnam veteran hailed a “hero” for saving lives after a woman ploughed her car through a little league baseball game has been revealed as the killer of a four-year-old girl.ĭouglas Parkhurst “gave his life” shielding children when Carol Sharrow mowed him down as she sped through the baseball diamond of a Babe Ruth League game.