Authorities launched remarkable video Friday showing a 7-month-old being tossed from a car in a February crash.
The baby child was in exceptionally critical condition following the crash on I-275 in Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. However has since recovered. He was released from his car seat when the automobile rolled over.
His parents, Billy Jones and Amanda Thomas, were prosecuted Friday however have actually not yet been jailed, as per Fort Thomas Police Lt. Rich Whitford.
Michael Gilliam, 48, was likewise ejected from the car and was killed in the crash.
Toxicology reports revealed influence of heroin on Thomas and Jones at the time of the crash, Whitford stated.
During the preliminary incident investigation, cops believed drugs played a role. A number of drug needles were discovered in the car, officers told WCPO, but it was initially uncertain who was driving the car.
On Friday, Whitford exposed that Gilliam was the driver of the automobile which all three adults were using heroin at the time of the incident.
Witnesses stated the vehicle was going fast and drifted from the middle lane off the shoulder, then rolled numerous times. Cops stated the automobile rolled few times just after it accelerated from I-471 onto eastbound I-275.
Whitford stated the two were alleged of criminal abuse since “they put their kid, under 12, at a serious physical danger (and) they permitted someone to control a car who was on heroin”.
Police watch for Thomas and Jones; Whitford asked anybody with info on their whereabouts to call Fort Thomas authorities.
