
Kelly Hopton-Jones, a Texas-based parenting influencer who runs the Instagram account Hillside Farmhouse with over 63,000 followers, has shared that she accidentally ran over her 23-month-old son with her car. She detailed the incident in a lengthy social media post. The accident happened on a Wednesday when she was about to drive her 4-year-old daughter, Lily, to pick up donuts before a dance performance.
According to the New York Post, her young son Henry ran out of the garage just as she was leaving. She said that “in a matter of seconds” he was hit by the car. Neighbors stepped in right away to look after her daughter while she rushed Henry to the emergency room.