An investigation is under way after a sport utility vehicle rolled over and killed a toddler Monday evening at a family's house in the 7100 block of Ashbourne Way, Fort Worth police said.
The mother told police that she forgot something inside the house and left 2-year-old Julian Tarin and three other kids outside in the SUV as she ran back inside. She said the child got out of his seat, and into the driver's seat, where he put the vehicle in reverse and then either got scared and jumped, or fell out of the vehicle.
She said when she came outside she found the boy laying in the driveway.
A neighbor heard the mother screaming, and rushed outside to help.
"She was holding him, blood was everywhere on him and we tried to do CPR, to revive him, but we were unsuccessful," Demetra Prince said.
The child was transported Cook Children's Hospital in critical condition where he died shortly after arrival.
The child's mother told police that she had taken the keys to the SUV into the house with her, Sgt. Pedro Criado told the Star-Telegram.
There was no word on whether charges will be filed.
