{"id":5021,"date":"2026-04-19T10:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5021"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:45:43","slug":"parenting-influencer-accidentally-runs-over-toddler-son-with-her-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5021","title":{"rendered":"Parenting influencer accidentally runs over toddler son with her car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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She said it was the ‘worst day’ of her life<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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Parenting influencer Kelly Hopton-Jones has accidentally run over her 23-month-old son with her car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 36-year-old said she was taking her daughter Lily to get doughnuts before a dance performance, and that her husband, Brian, had planned to stay home with their 23-month-old Henry, before meeting up with them later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the day quickly turned to tragedy, as Kelly explains that in a ‘matter of seconds’ it turned into the ‘worst day’ of her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a post on Instagram, Kelly said that Brian had helped Lily get into the car, and was waving goodbye ‘between our car and Henry, who was in the garage’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, within seconds, Henry had been hit by the vehicle that Kelly was driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kelly explained that their neighbours rushed to help, and looked after Lily while she and Brian rushed Henry to hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The toddler underwent X-rays, a CT scan and a neurological exam. These showed no injury to his legs, chest and neck, or his internal organs or spinal cord. The neurological exam found no signs of head injury or impairment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, Henry did suffer a fractured pelvis, and some abrasions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thankfully, doctors said Henry’s injuries are something he can recover from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We keep replaying it, trying to understand how this could have happened when we were right there,” Kelly wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t have that answer. But I do know that this has changed us.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kelly shares her and her family’s life on Instagram, where her Hillside Farmhouse account has over 65,000 followers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fellow parenting influencer, Emilie Kiser, commented on Kelly’s post, writing: “I’m so incredibly sorry.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kiser’s son died by accidental drowning last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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#Parenting #influencer #accidentally #runs #toddler #son #car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She said it was the ‘worst day’ of her life Parenting influencer Kelly Hopton-Jones has accidentally run over her 23-month-old son with her car. The 36-year-old said she was taking her daughter Lily to get doughnuts before a dance performance, and that her husband, Brian, had planned to stay home with their 23-month-old Henry, before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5202,1524,1695,2002,5203,1562,2259,3766],"class_list":{"0":"post-5021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-accidentally","9":"tag-car","10":"tag-influencer","11":"tag-parenting","12":"tag-runs","13":"tag-sensitive","14":"tag-son","15":"tag-toddler"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}