Father won't be charged in death of child, authorities say

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer
Staff Writer

Authorities do not plan to file charges against a Burke County man who accidentally 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.

"The little boy was a daddy's boy and ran to get into the truck," Price said.

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 his other son scream and stopped the truck, Price said. He found Hunter lying beneath the vehicle.

Price said deputies were on the scene as paramedics gave the child CPR. He said Hunter died at Grace Hospital about 1:30 p.m.

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