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Mom booked in death of daughter, 8, killed by Fresno train
8-year-old girl killed by train near downtown Fresno
BY MARILYN CASTANEDA AND JOSHUA TEHEE
DECEMBER 17, 2018 08:01 PM,
UPDATED DECEMBER 18, 2018 05:34 PM
Police are investigating the death of an 8-year old-girl who was killed by a train Monday night.
Officers were called a section of track near Belmont avenue and Diana street at 5:51 p.m., where witnesses told police several children had been playing.
The train had been stopped, witnesses told police, and the girl became stuck when it started to move southbound and then dragged her about 100 yards..
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Tuesday, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office identified the girl as Joy Anna Harris of Fresno, and Fresno police announced that her mother had been arrested and is facing felony child neglect charges.
BY MARILYN CASTANEDA AND JOSHUA TEHEE
DECEMBER 17, 2018 08:01 PM,
UPDATED DECEMBER 18, 2018 05:34 PM
Police are investigating the death of an 8-year old-girl who was killed by a train Monday night.
Officers were called a section of track near Belmont avenue and Diana street at 5:51 p.m., where witnesses told police several children had been playing.
The train had been stopped, witnesses told police, and the girl became stuck when it started to move southbound and then dragged her about 100 yards..
....
Tuesday, the Fresno County Coroner’s Office identified the girl as Joy Anna Harris of Fresno, and Fresno police announced that her mother had been arrested and is facing felony child neglect charges.
Mom booked in death of daughter, 8, killed by Fresno train
BY JIM GUY
DECEMBER 18, 2018 03:23 PM,
UPDATED DECEMBER 18, 2018 05:48 PM
Fresno police booked a woman on felony child neglect charges Tuesday after her 8-year-old daughter was killed by a train near downtown Fresno.
The girl, Joy Anna Harris, died Monday evening under the wheels of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight car after Joy Frances Collins, 44, told the girl and her 9-year-old brother to crawl under the idling train so that the family would not miss a bus taking them home, said Chief Jerry Dyer. Collins ordered her children to endanger themselves in a similar fashion at least seven times previously, he added in a news conference.
Joy Anna died just before 6 p.m. at North Diana Street and East Belmont Avenue as the family was traveling to a bus stop west of the tracks. The freight train slowed, and then stopped, blocking their path, and Dyer said Collins told the children to rush to the stop at North Abby Street and Belmont. The boy crossed through the train first, but Dyer said his sister was reluctant to follow. Collins reportedly shouted, “Hurry up.”
When Joy Anna tried to cross, the train lurched and the girl became trapped and was pulled south about 500 feet as Collins ran behind in desperation. Collins reached her daughter and pulled her from the freight, but she was dead of traumatic injuries.
Detectives determined that Collins was negligent, based on witness statements, the darkness of the area at the time, and the reluctance of Joy Anna to follow her mother’s orders. ... Dyer said Fresno County Child Protective Services has had prior contact with Collins.
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BY JIM GUY
DECEMBER 18, 2018 03:23 PM,
UPDATED DECEMBER 18, 2018 05:48 PM
Fresno police booked a woman on felony child neglect charges Tuesday after her 8-year-old daughter was killed by a train near downtown Fresno.
The girl, Joy Anna Harris, died Monday evening under the wheels of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight car after Joy Frances Collins, 44, told the girl and her 9-year-old brother to crawl under the idling train so that the family would not miss a bus taking them home, said Chief Jerry Dyer. Collins ordered her children to endanger themselves in a similar fashion at least seven times previously, he added in a news conference.
Joy Anna died just before 6 p.m. at North Diana Street and East Belmont Avenue as the family was traveling to a bus stop west of the tracks. The freight train slowed, and then stopped, blocking their path, and Dyer said Collins told the children to rush to the stop at North Abby Street and Belmont. The boy crossed through the train first, but Dyer said his sister was reluctant to follow. Collins reportedly shouted, “Hurry up.”
When Joy Anna tried to cross, the train lurched and the girl became trapped and was pulled south about 500 feet as Collins ran behind in desperation. Collins reached her daughter and pulled her from the freight, but she was dead of traumatic injuries.
Detectives determined that Collins was negligent, based on witness statements, the darkness of the area at the time, and the reluctance of Joy Anna to follow her mother’s orders. ... Dyer said Fresno County Child Protective Services has had prior contact with Collins.
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