CLINTON – Three Iowa children were tragically killed in a recent auto crash and authorities continue to investigate as none of them were wearing seatbelts.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, three Iowa children died in an October 7, 2024 auto crash. At 9:18 AM that morning, 5-year-old Layani CarterEpps, 4-year-old Ja’Cesun Jackson, and 2-year-old Miko King were all killed. None were wearing seatbelts. The Patrol says a 1999 Jeep Grand Grand Cherokee parked along highway 30 near Clinton was rear-ended by a 2023 Dodge 4500, sending the Jeep hurtling into a ditch.
The driver of the Jeep, 38-year-old Sunika G. Carter of Clinton, was hospitalized, as was another adult passenger.
The driver of the Dodge, 70-year-old Stephen B. Point, was hospitalized.
Authorities continue to investigate.
2 thoughts on “Three Iowa children not wearing seatbelts killed in auto crash”
Those mothers are responsible for the death of their babies, as well as the severity of their own injuries! Issue #1: None of the 6 people (in a vehicle made for only 5) in that vehicle were properly restrained. You DO NOT take children in a vehicle without a proper car seat for them. Issue #2: Their car was stopped, for some unknown reason, IN a lane of traffic during morning rush traffic on a road with poor visibility due to the dips and rises in the road. I feel for their loss, but these ladies were tempting fate and lost. I feel so bad for this elderly man who will never get the images and sounds out of his head.
Steve is out there doing God’s work.