[ad_1]
(Fresno Police Department)
A California mother accused of forcing her 8-year-old daughter to crawl under an inactive freight train – which eventually killed the child – so that the family can catch a bus with each other According to authorities, Fresno police arrested Monday Joy Frances Collins, 44, suspected of neglecting children of a nature to cause serious injury or death, said chief Police, Jerry Dyer, at a press conference.
The girl, Joyanna Harris, died just after crawling under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight wagon after her mother ordered the girl and her 9-year-old brother to crawl to keep the family running not a bus to pick them up
"A mother put her daughter in a position where she could be seriously injured or killed, and that's what we need to look at," he said. declared. "We have a responsibility to hold this person accountable."
"A mother has put her daughter in a position where she could be seriously injured or killed, and that's what we need to look at. We have the responsibility to hold this person responsible.
The family was near the railroads just before 6 pm. when the train of one kilometer long stopped for about 12 seconds and blocked its way up to a nearby bus stop.
The boy managed to crawl under a car, while Joy Anna was reluctant, Dyer said Tuesday.
Collins shouted, "Hurry up," he said.
"After being encouraged by the mother to cross the tracks, she too poked her way under the wagon and tried to get to the other side," said Dyer. Collins chased her and pulled her off the train after firing at 500 feet, police said.
She died as a result of her injuries. Police said that Collins had already asked his children to put himself in danger in the same way before.
James Whitehead lives close to railroad tracks and saw Harris being pulled by the train, Fresno Bee reported. above a six-foot fence separating his yard from the tracks and continued.
"Where is the kid? Where's the kid? ", He told himself, according to the newspaper," We've seen five or six, people are dying on the tracks here, but never a child. "
Dyer said that, even if the police arrested Collins, he understood that she herself was suffering from the loss of her daughter.
"We know that she is suffering". "I hope people understand that there is a balance to be found in law enforcement." Last night, no one wanted to stop the mother for this crime, but the law is the law. "
