Mother Dies After Jumping on Car Being Stolen With Her 6-Year-Old Son Inside, Police Say

. . .The tragic incident unfolded at the White Oak Park Condominiums in Columbus on Thursday at about 1:30 a.m. when 29-year-old Alexa Stakely went to pick her son up from a babysitter.

Stakely brought out the sleeping boy to the Honda-CRV and then returned to the home to pick up his belongings, but she left the car running.

That’s when someone tried to steal the car.

The woman yelled at them to stop and said her child was in the car, but they kept driving, so she jumped on the hood to try to stop them.

Police said she fell off the car and was injured so severely she died later at Mount Carmel East Hospital. (Read more from “Mother Dies After Jumping on Car Being Stolen With Her 6-Year-Old Son Inside, Police Say” HERE)