[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A 10-month-old infant tragically passed away on Monday following a freak accident that began with a stationary car.
According to the Prince William County Police Department, the accident occurred at 1:15 p.m. on Monday. The shocking series of events that eventually led to the baby girl’s death began when the mother placed her infant in the backseat of a 2013 Toyota Highlander without any proper safety measures, including restraints.
Why exactly wasn’t the baby secured in the vehicle?? As determined by the investigators, the 35-year-old mother from Hyattsville, Maryland was visiting family in Woodbridge when she drove “a short distance to a nearby dumpster” with the unrestrained child in the backseat.
What followed was a tragic reminder why even in short distances, children NEED to be secured. Related: Congressman Sean Casten Mourns Death of 17-Year-Old Daughter The mother then headed back to a nearby residence where she was planning to pick up additional family members.
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