A 9-year-old boy accidentally ran over his father while he was teaching him how to drive outside their Toledo, Ohio, home, cops say (WTVG).
An Ohio father ended up in the hospital after he was run over by his 9-year-old son while he was teaching the boy how to drive, according to cops.
It happened around 1 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 100 block of Carbon Street in Toledo. Local ABC affiliate WTVG obtained surveillance video of the incident from a home across the street. It shows 36-year-old Clejuan Williams inside the open door jam on the driver’s side. Williams reportedly told the boy to hit the brake, but the boy didn’t know which pedal it was. He hit the gas, and the car went into reverse.
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The video shows Williams being dragged by the vehicle as it backs out into the street and smashes into a telephone pole. Williams gets sucked under the car and run over. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital. Cops have not released his condition. He was intoxicated during the incident, according to police. The boy was not hurt. Another child in the backseat was uninjured.
Police arrested Williams for wrongfully entrusting a person without a license and child endangerment, according to records. He has a court date scheduled for Oct. 16.
“It is heartbreaking to see because as a parent, when you see that happen you think about how you could prevent it,” Toledo Police Officer Prince Flores told WTVG. “As a parent your job is to make sure your kids are safe and make sound decisions. You want to make sure that you’re putting them in the best possible position to be OK. You don’t want to put them in a situation that they are not ready for or mature enough to realize.”
The accident remains under investigation.
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