An Upstate New York mother has been charged with manslaughter after fatally hitting her teen son with a car, according to police.
WHEC reports Aneka Connor, 38, was arrested Tuesday over the Oct. 10 incident that killed her 16-year-old son Ca’hry Gibson. Police said they were arguing over the boy’s cell phone when Connor left her Rochester home and got into her vehicle; Gibson allegedly jumped onto the vehicle as she attempted to back out of the driveway.
Investigators said video evidence showed the vehicle “accelerating forward at a high rate of speed” and Gibson “falling off the vehicle to the pavement,” according to WHAM.
Police said Gibson was found unconscious and rushed to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he died of his injuries on Nov. 7. The child’s father, Christopher Gibson, told WHEC that Ca’hry was on a ventilator for weeks with no signs of progression.
RPD said the case was turned over the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and presented to a Monroe County Grand Jury. A sealed indictment warrant was issued for Connor last week.
Connor has been charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and endangering the welfare of a child. She was remanded to the Monroe County Jail with bail set at $35,000 cash.
She is next expected to appear in court in January.