BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A Bakersfield mother is facing two willful cruelty to a child charges after her children were injured in a crash last year.
Bakersfield Police say Anabel Ocampo did not have her two children -- ages 12 and 3 -- properly restrained while she was driving on the highway.
According to court documents obtained by 23ABC News, Ocampo was driving on the highway around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 28, 2018 when a car heading in the other direction crossed into her lane and hit Ocampo's vehicle head-on.
Investigators say Ocampo's 12-year-old daughter was thrown through the windshield and suffered multiple injuries. Police say she was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
The documents show Ocampo's 3-year-old son was also injured because he was wearing only a lap/shoulder safety belt and not sitting in a properly restrained child safety seat.
In November, the District Attorney's office filed two misdemeanor willful cruelty charges against Ocampo, however, she has not been arrested. Ocampo is also facing a misdemeanor charge of driving without a license.
