4-month old Baby Laila Hawkins Manning killed
34-year-old Chavioleyette S. Lambert of LaCrosse, was not injured in the crash. She was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign.
34-year-old Chavioleyette S. Lambert of LaCrosse, was not injured in the crash. She was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign.
BRODNAX, Va. – A Brunswick County mother and another driver have been charged after a infant girl was killed in a crash Saturday morning.
Four-month-old Laila Hawkins Manning was killed when the car her mother was driving was struck by another car at a Brunswick County intersection.
The two-vehicle crash happened around 6:30 a.m. on June 24, on County Road 644 at County Road 656.
“A 2000 Mitsubishi was traveling south on Route 656. It pulled up to and stopped at the stop sign at the intersection with Route 644,” Virginia State Police wrote in a statement. “As the Mitsubishi pulled across Route 644 to make a left turn, it collided with a 2016 Honda traveling east on Route 644."
Police said the impact of the crash caused the Honda to run off the road and strike an embankment.
The infant, who was a passenger in the Honda, was ejected from an unsecured infant seat, according to police. She was transported to VCU-CMH in South Hill, Va., where she succumbed to her injuries.
Investigators say Laila was not secured in her infant seat nor was the seat rear-facing, as required by law.
There were no other injuries in the crash.
Police say the child's mother, Stephanie Hawkins, 31, was driving the car. She has been charged with failure to secure a child under 8 years of age.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, Chavioleyette S. Lambert, 34, of LaCrosse, Va., has been charged with failure to stop at a stop sign. The Google maps do not show a stop sign on County Road 644. There is a stop sign only on CR 644.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Infant improperly secured in car seat dies in Brunswick County crash
WRIC Newsroom Published: June 26, 2017, 10:09 pm
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An infant was killed following a two-car crash in Brunswick County over the weekend. Police say the 4-month-old was improperly secured in a car seat.
The crash occurred at around 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 24 on County Road 644 at the intersection with County Road 656.
Police say a 2000 Mitsubishi was traveling south on Route 656 when it approached a stop sign and slowly began pulling into the intersection with Route 644. As the Mitsubishi pulled across the intersection to make a left turn, it collided with a 2016 Honda that was traveling east on Route 644.
The impact of the crash caused the Honda to run off the road and strike an embankment.
The passenger of the Honda, Laila Hawkins-Manning of Brodnax, was seated in an infant seat, but was not secured in the seat, according to police. The seat was also not rear-facing, as required by law. The 4-month-old child was ejected from the seat but remained inside the vehicle. She was transported ot VCU-CMH in South Hill where she later succumbed to her injuries.
The driver of the Honda, 31-year-old Stephanie N. Hawkins of Brodnax, was not injured. She was charged with failure to secure a child under 8 years of age.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, 34-year-old Chavioleyette S. Lambert of LaCrosse, was not injured in the crash. She was charged with failure to stop at a stop sign.
The Google maps do not show a stop sign on County Road 644. There is a stop sign only on CR 644.
The crash remains under investigation.