Overview
- Investigators say the fall occurred Jan. 20 between 8 and 9 a.m. at North Euclid Street and West Malvern Avenue in Fullerton.
- Police-released video shows the front passenger door opening during a turn, the toddler tumbling onto the roadway, a near rear-end collision, and an adult retrieving the child before driving away.
- After a witness provided identifying details on Jan. 24, officers located the SUV, the child and Jacqueline Hernandez at a residence in La Habra.
- Hernandez, 35, was booked at the Fullerton City Jail on a felony child-abuse charge, and detectives are asking additional witnesses to come forward as the case remains under investigation.
- The child sustained injuries consistent with the fall, was taken to a hospital and is expected to fully recover, and police have not determined how the door opened or whether proper restraints were used.