A child was run over near his home and the car his mother was driving on the morning of August 22, 2023.

In a vulnerable condition, he was transferred to the Corona Regional Medical Center, where he unfortunately died.

The fatal incident resulted in the parent being arrested, who was released after posting bail, ABC 7 reports.

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What happened to the child who was run over?

The event took place at 7:55 a.m. that day on Sallie Jeffreys Way, in Corona, a city in Riverside County, California, United States.

There, 42-year-old Melissa Damron is accused of allowing her six-year-old son to be punished. The minor tried to get into the moving car and that painfully cost him his life.

According to what was reported in Caraota Digital, which includes the police officers’ version, Melissa Damron “left her son Duner Larson out of the car before leaving.”

Considering the situation, the minor began to chase the vehicle and even tried to open the door, “while the mother refused to stop.”

At a bad moment, “the little boy tripped and fell on the sidewalk, so the vehicle overtook him.”

Damron left the boy, ABC 7 reported, but he “pursued the vehicle and attempted to open the door of his car.” “Melissa continued driving and Duner fell onto the road, where he was struck,” police said in a news release.

The most serious scene was described by Boston 25 News: “Woman pulls her 6-year-old son from car and fatally hits him as she chases the vehicle.”

Investigators determined Damron left her son outside the car as she drove away from her home, she reported. The press companynoted the aforementioned media.

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Negligence?

Police added that the woman knew her son was in a risky situation and did not stop the car.

The authority explained it this way: “The evidence showed that Melissa knew Duner was close enough to the vehicle to pose a hazard and driven with gross negligencewhich caused the death of his son.”

Caraota Digital reported that the mother last Thursday, September 7, ‘for vehicular manslaughter and endangering a child, resulting in death.”

However, the next day ABC 7 reported that Damron bail of $50,000 posted.

Drugs or alcohol did not appear to be a factor for police, KABC-TV and Boston 25 News reported. The reason for the child’s punishment is unknown.

In The Press-Enterprise, they reported that “court records show it was not the first time Corona police accused Damron of neglecting one of her children.”

(JO)