Tot Thrown From a Speeding Car; Mother Is Charged

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A woman was arrested Thursday after witnesses said she threw her 18-month-old son from a speeding car into a highway median. Police said she told them that “she would rather have her child dead than in this world.”

Stephen Haddad was in critical condition with broken bones. Krisann Haddad, 30, of West Palm Beach, was being held on $60,000 bond after being charged with first-degree attempted murder and second-degree aggravated child abuse.

Police believe that the woman had taken drugs, alcohol or both, but results from a blood test were not expected for a week.

Witnesses told police they saw Haddad speeding up to 90 mph along Interstate 95, the main north-south artery on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. At least three people reported seeing the woman throw the toddler through the driver’s side window, the arrest affidavit said.

Witnesses stopped to help the child, it said.