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An Alabama mother has been charged with child abuse after she accidentally ran over her 7-year-old son while making him walk home from school as punishment, according to the Boaz Police Department.
Police said the incident occurred on February 9 around 3:30 p.m. when Sarai Rachel James, 27, picked up her son from school in Boaz, Alabama.
James was told his son had been sent to the principal’s office because he had gotten in trouble earlier that day, police said.
As a form of punishment, James stopped his car, not far from the school, and made his son walk or run the rest of the way home, a distance of about eight blocks, police said.
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While walking, James drove alongside her son for a few blocks, but when she slowed down, the boy tried to grab the car door handle, the Miami Herald reported.
According to Boaz Police Chief Michael Abercrombie, when James accelerated, his son was dragged under the car and hit with a rear tire.
Investigators told the Miami Herald they believe the incident was an accident, although Abercrombie said the boy would never have been in that situation if he had not been punished.
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“She may not have realized he was doing that,” Abercrombie said. “God took care of him.”
According to police, the boy is in stable condition and was taken to the University of Alabama Hospital, where he was being treated for abrasions on his back and the side of his head.
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James has since been charged with aggravated child abuse and was released on $50,000 bail three days after being arrested, Marshall County jail records show.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Boaz Police Department for more information.
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