Overview
- The 10-year-old saw the life-size Red Yoshi Standard Kart revealed at Chabot Elementary on Halloween, drawing cheers from classmates.
- The team spent about eight months designing and fitting the 11-foot replica with lights, sound effects, exhaust flames and a trailing red shell.
- The build integrates with his mouth-operated wheelchair so he could steer onto the blacktop and navigate campus safely.
- The nonprofit Magic Wheelchair provided the costume at no cost; volunteer builder Officer Cory Hunt says this was his fifth project and first for an Oakland child.
- The California Highway Patrol says the 2023 I-580 shooting that injured Asa remains under investigation with no arrests.