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10-05-2010, 02:17 AM
Boy, four, starts family car and kills his newborn brother
By Paul Thompson (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Paul+Thompson)
Last updated at 1:55 AM on 4th October 2010
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A four-year-old boy managed to start his family's mini van and run over his mother and newborn brother, killing the tiny infant.
The freak accident happened when the child was playing in the vehicle and started the engine.
The boys' mother heard her car start and dashed out to stop the vehicle while holding her newborn son, but tragically fell under the front wheels.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/03/article-1317386-0B7620D5000005DC-301_468x302.jpg Tragic accident: The moving mini van hit the mother and her baby boy
Her newborn son was killed at the scene and she was left critically injured after being crushed by the Chrysler mini van.
The dead boy has been named as Chase Bates and he was born on September 4th.
Investigators said the four-year-old boy and his five-year-old brother were playing in the family mini-van near their home in Burleson, near Fort Worth,Texas.
Their mother had returned to her trailer home to pick up her newborn son when she heard the car start.
Dashing outside with Chase in her arms she tried to stop the vehicle but ended up under the front wheels.
Neighbour Craig Lessard,49, said she saw the mini-van rolling and heard screaming.
'As I got closer, I noticed it was a person underneath the vehicle she didn't appear to be breathing,' he said.
Mr Lessard said he saw the mother under the vehicle and with two other men lifted it off her chest.
'I immediately started lifting up the vehicle so I could pull her out, and at that time she looked like she had taken a breath again.
'When I saw the baby it was quite blue at the time, gasping for air, and it didn't look good,' he said.
Tarrant County's Medical Examiner said the baby died on the scene from blunt force head injuries.
Mrs. Bates was airlifted to hospital in Fort Worth where she remains in a critical condition.
Police said the death of the three week old was a tragic accident.
'The mother heard the vehicle start and came running out with her baby infant in her arms, tried to stop the vehicle and was struck by the vehicle,' said Burleson Police Commander Cindy Aaron.
'It's a tragic accident. I can assure you that everyone that was on the scene, paramedics, the fireman, the police officers, they were all affected by what they saw.'
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By Paul Thompson (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=Paul+Thompson)
Last updated at 1:55 AM on 4th October 2010
Comments (26) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1317386/Texan-year-old-boy-runs-kills-newborn-brother-freak-accident.html#comments)
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A four-year-old boy managed to start his family's mini van and run over his mother and newborn brother, killing the tiny infant.
The freak accident happened when the child was playing in the vehicle and started the engine.
The boys' mother heard her car start and dashed out to stop the vehicle while holding her newborn son, but tragically fell under the front wheels.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/03/article-1317386-0B7620D5000005DC-301_468x302.jpg Tragic accident: The moving mini van hit the mother and her baby boy
Her newborn son was killed at the scene and she was left critically injured after being crushed by the Chrysler mini van.
The dead boy has been named as Chase Bates and he was born on September 4th.
Investigators said the four-year-old boy and his five-year-old brother were playing in the family mini-van near their home in Burleson, near Fort Worth,Texas.
Their mother had returned to her trailer home to pick up her newborn son when she heard the car start.
Dashing outside with Chase in her arms she tried to stop the vehicle but ended up under the front wheels.
Neighbour Craig Lessard,49, said she saw the mini-van rolling and heard screaming.
'As I got closer, I noticed it was a person underneath the vehicle she didn't appear to be breathing,' he said.
Mr Lessard said he saw the mother under the vehicle and with two other men lifted it off her chest.
'I immediately started lifting up the vehicle so I could pull her out, and at that time she looked like she had taken a breath again.
'When I saw the baby it was quite blue at the time, gasping for air, and it didn't look good,' he said.
Tarrant County's Medical Examiner said the baby died on the scene from blunt force head injuries.
Mrs. Bates was airlifted to hospital in Fort Worth where she remains in a critical condition.
Police said the death of the three week old was a tragic accident.
'The mother heard the vehicle start and came running out with her baby infant in her arms, tried to stop the vehicle and was struck by the vehicle,' said Burleson Police Commander Cindy Aaron.
'It's a tragic accident. I can assure you that everyone that was on the scene, paramedics, the fireman, the police officers, they were all affected by what they saw.'
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