Boy dragged to death in South Africa after hijack went terribly wrong. On Saturday a 4-year-old boy named Taegrin Morris, was dragged to death in his mother Chantel Morris’ car which was hijacked by two men as they were driving to McDonald’s. Chantel Morris was able to help her 8-year-old daughter Erin out of the vehicle but was not able to move quickly enough to get Taegrin’s foot untied from the seat belt.
A boy was dragged to death on Saturday between Ekurhuleni and Boksburg Lake in South Africa.
At around 7.30pm, Chantel Morris put her two children Taegrin Morris and Erin Morris in the back seats of her VW Golf 6 Gti and headed to their grandmother’s home.
Instead of driving straight to the grandma’s house, she decided to take the kids to a nearby McDonald’s for a little treat.
Due to a red light, Chantel Morris stopped at an intersection in Reiger Park, Boksburg, Ekurhuleni when two men put a gun to her head and ordered her to car out of the car.
The 37-year immediately told the hijackers they can take everything they want and begged them to let her get her kids out of the car.
Morris’ 8-year-old daughter rapidly got out of car, but as the mother tried to get her 4-year-old son to safety the seat belt jammed and his foot became entangled in it.
While the devastated woman was pulling her child out of the car, the hijackers sped away.
Talking to local medias, the mother explained that her little boy was screaming for help as the horrible criminals drove away with him.
Teagran’s father, Elwin Morris alerted authorities and radio stations of the crime, and four hours after disturbing act, people called in to report that the car and the kid’s mutilated boy had been found near a mall in Boksburg Lake.
Chantel Morris said that her child had died in a horrible death and nothing will ever be able replace him or his kindness.
The hijackers are still on the loose.
On Tuesday a 5-year-old boy named Mongezi Phike was trapped inside his father’s car which was hijacked by several men.
The child is still missing.
