DECATUR, Ill. — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months probation for running over his 12-year-old son while towing the boy on a skateboard.
DECATUR, Ill. — A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months probation for running over his 12-year-old son while towing the boy on a skateboard. Timothy W. Melvin on Monday said he didn’t realize he was pleading guilty to child endangerment. He says he didn’t mean to say he knew his son was standing on a skateboard and hanging on to a window of Melvin’s car on April 2, 2008. Melvin says he thought he was pleading guilty to not making his son, Zachary, wear a helmet. Melvin ran Zachary R. Melvin over in the parking lot of a Decatur hospital, and the boy later died of his injuries. Melvin says his younger son was mistaken when he told police that Melvin had been towing Zachary with the car in a similar way the day before the accident. ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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