Parenting influencer reveals she drove over son accidentally

A content creator admitted on Instagram that her family came close to a ‘very tragic accident’ when she hit her young son with a car.

Kelly Hopton-Jones, 36, who posts motherhood content on her Hillside Farmhouse profile, shared a harrowing close-call she had with her son, Henry.

She said in a post to her almost 65,000 followers that the day in question had started like normal before it turned into ‘the worst day of our lives.’

The mum-of-two, who is also a paediatric nurse in the US, said she decided to take her daughter, Lily, to get doughnuts before her dance class.

The pair hopped into the car and waved goodbye to Henry, who is 23 months, standing in the family’s garage as he stayed at home with her husband, Brian.

She said in a post showing Henry’s little hand on a hospital bed: ‘Brian was staying home with Henry and was going to meet us there.

‘He helped Lily into the car and was waving goodbye between our car and Henry, who was in the garage.

‘In a matter of seconds, our son was run over by our car.

‘I was driving.’

Her neighbours happened to be nearby, and they ‘stepped in immediately’ to help while the parents rushed little Henry to the hospital, Kelly’s post continued.

He underwent X-rays of his legs, chest and neck, which came back normal, while a CT scan of his organs and spinal cord showed no injury, the mum said.

While all neurological exams showed no sign of head injury, Henry suffered a fractured pelvis in the crash.

Kelly said they keep replaying the incident and asking themselves ‘how this could have happened.’

She said the near-tragedy has changed them, and she pleaded with other parents to hold hands with young children around vehicles.

Kelly continued: ‘Even when you are not distracted, even when you are not rushing.

‘It can still happen in the blink of an eye.’

Her post about the incident two days ago sparked a conversation about it, with tens of thousands of reactions and dozens of comments.

Some people thanked her for being vulnerable and sharing, while others questioned why she had posted about it ‘on the same day.’

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

For more stories like this, check our news page.