{"id":150538,"date":"2026-01-26T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150538\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:36:09","slug":"video-shows-toddler-falling-from-moving-suv-in-fullerton-mother-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150538\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows toddler falling from moving SUV in Fullerton; mother arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">FULLERTON, Calif. &#8211; A mother is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">felony charges <\/a>after her 9-month-old toddler fell from her moving vehicle into a busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/fullerton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fullerton <\/a>intersection last Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The incident, captured on a dashcam, went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">viral <\/a>on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/technology\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">social media <\/a>before a witness came forward to provide the identifying information that led to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The incident happened the morning of Jan. 20 at the intersection of North Euclid Street and West Maldern Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Video footage showed a black SUV making an eastbound turn when the front passenger door opened, causing a small child to fall onto the pavement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The driver, later identified as 35-year-old Jacqueline Hernandez of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/la-habra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> La Habra<\/a>, was seen stopping the vehicle, running to pick up the child, and driving away.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">On January 24, a witness provided police with vehicle details that allowed officers to locate Hernandez and the child at a residence in La Habra.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The child was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries and is expected to survive, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Hernandez was booked at the Fullerton City Jail on charges of felony child abuse.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">It is currently unclear how the passenger door became unlatched or if the child was properly secured in a car seat at the time of the fall.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Police have not yet released information regarding whether there were other passengers in the vehicle or if Hernandez has a prior history with Child Protective Services.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jan. 20, 2026: The incident occurred between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. No immediate calls reporting the incident were made to police.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jan. 20\u201323, 2026: Video of the incident begins circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jan. 24, 2026: A witness comes forward with vehicle information; Fullerton police locate Hernandez and the child in La Habra.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Jan. 26, 2026: Fullerton Police Department releases official details of the arrest and the child&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Hernandez remains in custody pending further legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Anyone with additional information or video of the incident is encouraged to contact Detective H. Rios at (714) 738-6782 or via email at hrios@fullertonpd.org.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Anonymous tips can be submitted through Orange County Crime Stoppers at (855) TIP-OCCS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This report is based on information from the Fullerton Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/fullerton\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fullerton<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/orange-county\/la-habra\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Habra<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FULLERTON, Calif. &#8211; A mother is facing felony charges after her 9-month-old toddler fell from her moving vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1184,2042,2628,5910,100,611,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-150538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anaheim","8":"tag-anaheim","9":"tag-anaheim-headlines","10":"tag-anaheim-news","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-crime-publicsafety","13":"tag-fullerton","14":"tag-la-habra","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-orange-county","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}