Overview
- Dashcam footage released by Gwinnett County Police shows a child being ejected from a vehicle, landing on a patrol car’s hood, and then being retrieved by an officer who placed the child inside the cruiser.
- Police said the child sustained only minor scratches and was able to speak with the officer at the scene.
- A department crash investigation found one vehicle liable for the multi-car collision and cited the driver of the vehicle carrying the child for failing to properly restrain the passenger.
- The department framed the released video as a public-safety warning, urging parents to use seat belts and child safety seats on every trip.
- Gwinnett County tied the posting to its Operation Summer Brake campaign, which focuses police patrols and citations on behaviors linked to serious crashes and aims to reduce injuries through stepped-up enforcement and public outreach.