Tragedy Strikes Viral Toddler ‘Okay Baby’: What Really Happened Behind the Heartbreaking Accident?
Katelynn and Jaelen’s older daughter Paisley was in school at the time.
During the drive, the Ford vehicle had veered off the roadway towards the right and struck a tree.
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The police statement said the parents were properly restrained in their front seats but still sustained serious injuries and were taken to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Preston was in the back and was “improperly restrained in a child safety seat,” the statement continued.
He “sustained serious injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries,” the police added.
The Louisiana State Police said little Preston was not properly restrained in his car seat
The accident is currently being investigated, and a routine toxicology sample was collected from the driver for further analysis.
The police department asserted the importance of “proper restraint” regardless of “seating position.”
This “significantly reduces the risk of serious injury or death in a crash,” they said. “…The proper use of seat belts and child safety seats can be the difference between life and death.”
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Preston was known to 170K Instagram followers and 455K TikTok followers as “Okay Baby.”
He earned the sweet nickname from his habit of responding to his mother’s instructions with an adorable and enthusiastic “okay” but immediately doing the exact opposite.
In one viral video with 19.4 million views, his mother, Katelynn, was captured asking him to wait before jumping into a pool. He cheerfully replied, “Okay,” and then leaped in any way.
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