Zarion Robinson dies in crash

Authorities in Milwaukee said that a 13-month-old boy died after his mother’s “acquaintance” took her car while he was inside and crashed it shortly after.

Less than two hours after a 31-year-old woman struck his mother’s white Pontiac while he was in the backseat, Zarion Robinson was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital, according to TV station TMJ4.

Zarion, who passed away on the same day he turned 13 months old, was found late Friday night in an unsecured car seat in the rear of his mother’s open vehicle outside of her house, the site reported.

Around 11:30 p.m., his mother dashed inside while an unidentified woman sped away in the Pontiac, only for it to be completely destroyed in a fiery two-car collision moments later.

TMJ4 reports that when emergency personnel arrived, they discovered Zarion awake and sobbing in his car seat, which was lying face-down on the Pontiac’s backseat.

He was taken to the hospital with the driver and was later declared dead there with his mother by his side. Before being arrested, the alleged burglar received non-life-threatening medical attention for his injuries.

The drivers of the other vehicle, a green Dodge Caravan, reportedly fled the scene, according to police.

Zarion’s mother Mikayla Tweedie claimed in an interview with the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel that the alleged car thief was a “acquaintance” of hers who was sitting in the backseat of the vehicle before driving away.

“Me and my cousin went inside to drop my cousin’s cat off…She took it upon herself to hop in the driver’s seat and pull off with my child in the car. I called her and said I don’t care about the car, I just want my baby back,” the grieving mother recounted.

Tweedie said she did not know why the woman tried to nab her car.