How Could You? Hall of Shame-Noah McCoy case-Child Death

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From North Haven, Connecticut, “three children in the [foster] care of the state died.”” Noah McCoy, 6, who was ejected from a pickup truck on Christmas morning after it hit black ice.”

“Noah McCoy, 6, died on Christmas morning in a crash on I-91 north in North Haven. He was in a pickup truck with two other kids and a 23-year-old woman, who was driving. However, McCoy was the only one not wearing a seatbelt, so when the truck hit black ice and flipped over several times he was ejected. He died on Wednesday from the injuries he sustained.”

Office of the Child’s Advocate investigating 3 deaths of foster kids in 1 month[Fox 61 12/29/16 by Samantha Schoenfeld]

“Police said a 2000 Toyota Tundra with a snowplow attached, driven by Lexsis Ariel Walter, 23, of Meriden, was headed south on I-91 at around 8:35 a.m. when it slid into the center median. It rolled over a number of times and crossed into the northbound side of the highway before it finally came to a stop.”

“The North Haven Fire Department said that it seems the truck slid on black ice, leading it to flip over.

Two other children were injured and taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Police said Walter and the two older children, ages 13 and 11, weren’t as seriously injured because they were all wearing seatbelts, but 6-year-old Noah McCoy wasn’t wearing a seat-belt, nor sitting in a car seat, and he was thrown from the truck.[Why was he not wearing a seat belt?]

He was taken to a Yale-New Haven Hospital where he later died. Police said that Noah McCoy’s guardian was at the hospital.

The crash is still under investigation and any witnesses are encouraged to contact police”

http://fox61.com/2016/12/29/6-year-old-boy-dies-after-christmas-day-crash-in-north-haven/

[Fox 61 12/29/16 by Jim Mc Keever]

“Walter was part of a foster family taking care of Noah and his brother, Elijah.”

“”They knew from that moment he and no brain activity,” Mari said.

“Mari told Eyewitness News Noah was removed from life support on Wednesday. [December 28, 2016]

“He had a big heart ways smiling loved his family,” Mari said.

Noah was a first grade student at Greene-Hills Elementary in Bristol. Grief counselors will be at the school on Jan. 3 for students and staff.

“We are very saddened by the loss of Bristol GHS 1st grader Noah McCoy. Our thoughts and prayers are with Noah’s family,” Bristol Public Schools Superintendent Ellen Solek said in a statement to Eyewitness News on Thursday. ”

Six Year Old Boy Dies After North Haven Crash on Christmas[WFSB 12/29/16 by Joseph Wenzel IV]

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