A Minnesota mother prosecuted after the fall of a toddler



[ad_1]

Breaking News E-mails

Receive last minute alerts and special reports. News and stories that matter, broadcast in the morning on weekdays.

From Elisha Fieldstadt

A mother from Minnesota faces a charge of endangering a child Friday after her child fell from school. the back of his car still attached to a car seat. ] Maimuna Hassan, 40, has been charged with endangering the child, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Blue Earth County District Court

Hassan was driving in Mankato on Monday when the driver behind her was shocked to see a child fall. out of the backseat of his car and down the street. The child who, according to the complaint, would be around 2 years old, was not injured.

Chad Cheddar Mock recorded a video clip about the incident and shared it on Facebook.

In the sequence, the rear passenger door of Hassan 's car opens. while he goes around a bend and that a child tied in a car seat falls to the ground

The child was properly attached to the seat, but the seat was not attached to the car, according to the Ministry of Public Security of Mankato.

Hassan told the police, through a translator, that she had parked her car and returned to where the child was when she realized that she was was blurred,

According to the police. but the toddler must have loosened it, according to the complaint. But the police did not find a strap in the car to secure the seat.

The complaint indicated that when Hassan returned to pick up the child, she and another child that she had with her "cried and were upset".

The defendant approached the child in the car seat and hugged him, "said the criminal complaint.

Hassan had not that a driver's license, not a license, and was also charged with driving offense with a license and another, because the car seat was not attached, said the police. [19659016AspokeswomanfortheBlueEarthCountyDistrictCourtsaidFridaythatHassanhadnotbeenarrestedThechargeofendangeringachildispunishableuptooneyearwhilethetwolighterchargesarepunishableby90dayseach