The man charged with running over and killing his girlfriend’s son has pleaded not guilty to child cruelty.

The CHP says 38-year-old Tony Santiago backed into nine-year-old Justin Paz in a driveway on Lincoln Avenue in Oildale after an argument with his mother last May, unaware the child was there. A young girl was also hurt in the accident.

Paz’s mother, Clara Marshall, faces similar charges.

Kelli Forsch