Jessica Ivey and Samuele Jenkins were charged two days after their son Legend died from injuries caused by being struck by a Jeep on May 27 in Gastonia, a rural town in North Carolina.
The parents said the children were with their mother when they asked to meet their father at the store, and she allowed them to leave, according to The Gaston Gazette.
The brothers had to cross the busy, four-lane road, but attempted to go between crosswalks.
Witnesses told WSOC-TV of Charlotte that Legend stepped into traffic as his older brother attempted to hold him back.
Jenkins said he was on the phone with his elder son when the younger child was hit.
Two days later, Gastonia police arrested the parents, who are being held on $1.5 million bond.
The driver continues to be cooperative and the incident remains under active investigation by the Gastonia Police Department’s Traffic Division.”. »
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