Oakland County Mom Accidentally Runs Over Son, 5: Sheriff

PONTIAC, MI — A 5-year-old boy died in Pontiac Wednesday afternoon after his mother accidentally ran over him with her car, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said.

The 25-year-old woman was northbound on Kettering Avenue near Newman Court about 4:45 p.m. when she heard her other child call out to her, according to a news release.

She slowed her 2006 Chevrolet Uplander to a stop and “felt a thump,” the sheriff’s office said. “She exited her vehicle and found that she had run over her 5-year-old son.”

The child was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, where he was pronounced dead.

The sheriff’s office said that neither alcohol nor drugs appeared to have been a factor in the accident, which remains under investigation.

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