3-year old Cleveland boy killed while standing in grocery store parking lot
A Cleveland man is charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in connection with a parking lot accident that killed a 3-year old boy Tuesday.
The Georgia State Patrol says 36-year old James Holcomb was arrested and charged in the death of Easton Cain. The Cleveland toddler died after he was pinned between the pickup driven by Holcomb and an SUV.
The accident happened around 12:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Ingles on the Helen Highway.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Cain was standing at the back of an unoccupied 2012 Ford Explorer when Holcomb’s Chevrolet Avalanche ran into him.
TFC Jeremy Allison of the Troup B Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) told WRWH Radio the Avalanche was parked in the parking lot between two lanes just before the accident happened. “The driver of the truck was slumped over and, according to witnesses, he woke up, put the vehicle in drive and just drove forward,” Allison said.
The impact drove the Ford Explorer into a Ford F-250 pickup truck parked nearby. Cain was pinned between the Avalanche and Explorer. A Life Flight helicopter was called to the scene but was not used. Cain was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville by ambulance.
Holcomb was arrested at the scene. He’s charged with DUI, Reckless Driving, No Insurance and First Degree Vehicular Homicide.
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