The family member is now facing child endangerment charges but isn't in custody after the shocking video of the child falling out of the car came to light.
Eyewitness News has learned of a development in the wake of a shocking video showing a small child falling out of a moving SUV in one of Houston's busiest intersections.The aunt of a child who fell out of a moving car in southwest Houston is now facing child endangerment charges, according to police.shows the SUV take a right turn and the child rolling out onto the feeder road at Hillcroft and the Southwest Freeway - one of Houston's busiest intersections.
Police confirm that the child's grandmother and aunt both went to the jail and turned themselves in on Wednesday, but were let go because they didn't have warrants out for their arrests at the time.
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