Woman charged after child falls out of moving Nissan Altima, tests positive for meth
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Rolla woman was charged with a pair of felonies after a child allegedly fell out of a Nissan Altima on April 4.
Kirsten McCracken was charged on Friday in Phelps County with child abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. A warrant was issued and no bond was set.
The probable cause statement says Rolla police were called to the 3700 block of Route V after a 3-year-old girl fell out of a moving vehicle. McCracken allegedly told police that she left Reagan Drive with the youth being in a child safety seat, but the girl was able to unbuckle herself, opened a door and fell out of the vehicle, the statement says.
Officers noted that the child’s car seat was not properly fastened and that she had cuts with “heavy bleeding” that required her to be flown to a hospital, the statement says. Police also wrote that the girl tested positive for methamphetamine.
“McCracken was unable to provide a reasonable explanation for how,” the youth tested positive for meth, the statement says.