Houston, Texas (KTRK) – On Saturday morning, ABC13 got its first glimpse of a woman in court of possible causes who was charged after her 19-month-old niece fell from a moving vehicle in southwest Houston earlier this week.
The child’s aunt, 29-year-old Nicole Nelson, is charged with felony child endangerment and will be awarded $40,000.
Nelson is scheduled to return to court on Monday.
Court records claim that Nelson used a girl’s booster seat instead of a car seat.
Investigators said Nelson was driving three other children in the SUV and they were not properly restrained.
Watch the original story: Grandma says child who fell from a moving SUV in southwest Houston was unharmed: ‘Oh my goodness’
“I didn’t know (anything) about it. I didn’t even know (I saw it) on the news. I said, ‘What?’ Wait a minute.” The girl’s grandmother said, “My Lord is good, God is good, because I had a heart attack.”
According to her grandmother, the girl got off her car seat and pulled the door handle before.
“She[knew]how to open the door,” she said. “And for that, you’re always supposed to put a child lock on it.”
Dashcam video shows the SUV taking a right turn and the child rolling onto the Southwest Freeway feeder road in Hillcroft – one of Houston’s busiest intersections.
The video clip shows the red SUV turning around when the girl falls out of the car. The driver can be seen running to pick her up and put her in the car again.
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