Boy, 6, dies after stepdad allegedly allows girl, 10, to move his pickup - and she crashes it into their house
A six-year-old boy was killed when his stepdad allegedly allowed a 10-year-old to move his pickup in the driveway.
The girl was given the keys to the Nissan Titan but crashed it into their house, destroying the porch and killing little Kash Riley Yeater.
The tragedy unfolded early on Sunday in Lufkin, Texas, as Clinton Earl Johnson Jr, 31, was grilling a midnight feast of chicken.
According to police statements, the 10-year-old girl had complained that the truck was in the way as she tried to ride her tricycle.
Johnson told the girl to 'scoot it up' and gave her the keys, according to the statement that Paiton Rose, Kash's mother, made to police.
Johnson told police the girl had previously driven the truck several times on backroads.
But Rose, 27, said the girl 'got confused and got on the gas, causing the accident' when she plowed through the porch, sending chairs and debris flying.
Kash was sitting on the porch playing with Rose's phone, unaware of the 2.9 tons of metal accelerating towards him until it was too late.
Angelina County Sheriff's deputies arrived about 1am to find Kash lying on his back in front of the Titan on what remained of the porch.
He was taken to hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The identity of the girl is unconfirmed, but a family friend wrote online: 'He didn't want that to happen neither did that baby's momma nor that baby's sister.'
Johnson has an 11-year-old daughter from a previous relationship who frequently visits the family and whom they refer to as Kash's sister.
Deputies saw the barbecue, still with chicken sizzling on it, and the tricycle next to the pickup, and poles and pieces of wood nearby.
They alleged in their report that they smelled alcohol on Johnson and Rose's breath, and the couple both admitted to having had three or four drinks while grilling.
Johnson was arrested on Tuesday and released from the Angelina County Jail the next day on $3,000 bail, charged with felony criminally negligent homicide.
Kash's obituary identified his father as Ian Yeater and listed Johnson as his 'bonus dad' and Yeater's new partner as his 'bonus mom.'
'Kash "Money" was a very happy child who always had a smile on his face,' the obituary read.
'He didn't believe in Santa but he lived up to his name Kash "Money" by still believing in the tooth fairy because of the money under his pillow.
'He loved spooky things, but he was still afraid of the dark and had to have a light on. His best buddy was his brother... whom he loved dearly.
'Kash also loved his baby brother... he was the only one that could calm him down.
'He was a gamer boy and loved his video games (especially Among Us and Sonic).
'He enjoyed swimming, school, fishing and four wheelers. Kash had a very kind heart and loved to give and receive hugs.'
Johnson and Rose were married in September 2023, and had their own son the following August.
She had gushed previously online about Johnson and what a good stepfather he was to her two sons.
Kash will be buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery in Lufkin on Saturday.
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