Dad won't be charged in death, authorities say

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer

Authorities do not plan to file charges against a Burke County man who ran over and killed his 3-year-old son Saturday.

Mark McCloud was pulling his pickup truck out of his driveway Saturday morning, when his son, Hunter McCloud, ran to say hello to his father, said Detective Jody Price of the Burke County Sheriff's Office.

McCloud told deputies he saw his three sons, including Hunter, playing beside their trailer home before checking his rearview and sideview mirrors and backing up, Price said.
McCloud then heard another son scream and stopped the truck, Price said. He found Hunter lying beneath the vehicle.

Price said Hunter died at Grace Hospital about 1:30 p.m.


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