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Police: Woman arrested in death of unrestrained 1-year-old who fell from truck at gas station

1 hour 14 minutes 16 seconds ago Tuesday, March 17 2026 Mar 17, 2026 March 17, 2026 3:18 PM March 17, 2026 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE — Police said Tuesday they had arrested a 22-year-old woman in the death of an unrestrained 1-year-old who fell out of a pickup truck and was run over at a gas station near the Amazon distribution site at the old Cortana Mall.

Elizabeth Aguilar, 22, was arrested Tuesday, according to paperwork from the Baton Rouge Police Department. Charges include negligent homicide, failure to use a child-passenger restraint system and a lack of insurance and registration. 

Police said a 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck was making a turn in the parking lot Feb. 20. Officers said that while making the turn, the rear passenger door opened, allowing Nicholas Aguilar to fall from the vehicle. After falling onto the concrete, the child was run over by the truck's rear passenger-side tire. He died at a hospital.

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