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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nParenting influencer Kelly Hopton-Jones has opened up about accidentally running over her young son, Henry, with her car, calling the incident a \u201ctrue nightmare\u201d for a mother. <\/p>\n
The mother of two children \u2014 whom she shares with husband Brian Hopton-Jones \u2014 posted an emotional statement about the car accident Wednesday on Instagram. Her post included photos of herself holding her nearly two-year-old son\u2019s hand while he was in the hospital. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday has been the worst day of our lives. Life can change in the literal blink of an eye,\u201d she wrote, while recalling the details of her day with her daughter, Lily, minutes before the car accident. \u201cA true nightmare for a parent happened to us today. It started like any normal day. I was taking Lily to get donuts before her dance performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrian was staying home with Henry and was going to meet us there,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe helped Lily into the car and was waving goodbye between our car and Henry, who was in the garage. In a matter of seconds, our son was run over by our car. I was driving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hopton-Jones noted that her neighbors then \u201cstepped in immediately and took Lily,\u201d while the influencer and her husband rushed to take Henry to the emergency room. <\/p>\n
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Influencer Kelly Hopton-Jones says her son had \u2018no signs of head injury\u2019 after she accidentally ran him over with her car (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nHenry received a series of X-rays of his legs, chest, and neck, which all came back normal. A CT scan showed there were no injuries to organs or spinal cord, while a neurological exam showed \u201cno signs of head injury or impairment.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, according to Hopton-Jones \u2014 who frequently posts videos on Instagram about raising toddlers \u2014 her son has \u201cfractures to his pelvis that will take time to heal, as well as a few abrasions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat stays with me is the doctor saying: \u2018He is hurt, but this is something he can recover from.\u2019 A true miracle,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe are in shock. We are so sad. But we are so incredibly grateful\u2026We keep replaying it, trying to understand how this could have happened when we were right there<\/em>. I don\u2019t have the answer.\u201d<\/p>\nHowever, Hopton-Jones said the accident has changed her family, explaining it’s now a \u201cnon-negotiable\u201d to hold her kids\u2019 hands around vehicles, and she cannot assume that her kids will stay where she saw them last. \u201cEven when you are not<\/em> distracted. Even when you are not <\/em>rushing. It can still happen in the blink of an eye.\u201d<\/p>\nIn the caption, she confessed how easy it\u2019s been for her to \u201cstart questioning everything,\u201d including things she could have done differently before the accident happened. \u201cWhy weren\u2019t we holding him. Why didn\u2019t I double check before pulling out,\u201d she added. \u201cWe could drive ourselves crazy with the what ifs, and honestly, we are a little bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I keep coming back to what I would tell my own kids one day if this happened to them. It would be a lot kinder than the things we\u2019re telling ourselves right now. Accidents happen, and the only mistakes are the ones we don\u2019t learn from,\u201d she concluded. \u201cWe\u2019re on the lucky side of a very tragic accident.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hopton-Jones\u2019s friends and followers sent her messages of support in the comments, while praising how open she was about the terrifying accident. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for being vulnerable and sharing – it\u2019s a learning opportunity for all us parents and not something I could have even thought of happening!!!\u201d one wrote while another said, \u201cThanks for sharing this. Accidents happen and you deserve compassion and I hope that\u2019s all you\u2019re receiving. If not-sending love your way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Influencer Emilie Kiser, whose three-year-old son died in May 2025 after he drowned in their family\u2019s pool, wrote: \u201cI\u2019m so incredibly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Parenting influencer Kelly Hopton-Jones has opened up about accidentally running over her young son, Henry, with her car, calling the incident a \u201ctrue nightmare\u201d for a mother. The mother of two children \u2014 whom she shares with husband Brian Hopton-Jones \u2014 posted an emotional statement about the car accident Wednesday on Instagram. Her post included photos of herself holding her nearly two-year-old son\u2019s hand while he was in the hospital. \u201cToday has been the worst day of our lives. Life can change in the literal blink of an eye,\u201d she wrote, while recalling the details of her day with her daughter, Lily, minutes before the car accident. \u201cA true nightmare for a parent happened to us today. It started like any normal day. I was taking Lily to get donuts before her dance performance. \u201cBrian was staying home with Henry and was going to meet us there,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe helped Lily into the car and was waving goodbye between our car and Henry, who was in the garage. In a matter of seconds, our son was run over by our car. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}