BOY FATALLY INJURED BY MOTHER'S VAN.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer A 19-month-old Lancaster boy was killed when he ran in front of his family's van at a Kernville campground, officials said Monday. Rosemary Gonzalez, 25, of Lancaster was driving the family's 1995 Ford Aerostar The Ford Aerostar was Ford's first minivan, and was introduced as a 1986 model in summer 1985. Although introduced to compete with the front-wheel drive Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager twins, it was a rear-wheel drive minivan, like the Chevrolet Astro and Toyota Van. on her way to the restroom when she hit her son, Jacob, Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County officials said. Family members yelled yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. at the woman to stop but by the time she did, the van's right front tire was already on top of the toddler. She backed the van up and a relative started CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac until rescue crews arrived. ``While the child's mother was moving the van, he ran in front of it and was severely injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. ,'' said Sandy Kelly, a Kern County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. ``He later died at a Bakersfield hospital.'' The family had camped at Camp 9 in Kernville overnight. The incident happened about 10:25 a.m. Saturday. The toddler was airlifted to Bakersfiled Memorial Hospital, where he died at 11:59 a.m. An investigation into the incident showed that there was no negligence on the part of the mother and it is listed as an accident, Kern County officials said. |
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