WARNING: CHILD DEATH MENTIONED! Really Sad Accident

Mom2MyStars · Aug 10, 2009

I don't even know what to say about it. It is so common here to see kids stuffed in cars. I call the unrestrained child line so often.

http://cbs13.com/local/deadly.police.chase.2.1120863.html

I hope the 5th child will be okay.

keri1292 · Aug 10, 2009

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Mom2MyStars said:
I don't even know what to say about it. It is so common here to see kids stuffed in cars. I call the unrestrained child line so often.

http://cbs13.com/local/deadly.police.chase.2.1120863.html

I hope the 5th child will be okay.

He's not.

http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=93996&highlight=police

Mommy2Marcus · Aug 10, 2009

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This is SO sad! I bet you that the kids could have survived had they been restrained properly. I wish more people would realize what kind of danger they're putting their children in when they put them in the car unproperly restrained, or not restrained at all.

Mom2MyStars · Aug 10, 2009

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keri1292 said:
He's not.

http://car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=93996&highlight=police

I can't access that link. Did he pass away also? Poor children.

TechnoGranola · Aug 10, 2009

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Mom2MyStars said:
I can't access that link. Did he pass away also? Poor children.

Yes he did.

Here's a link referenced in the thread that you aren't able to view which should give you more details http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=105086945

The other thread linked to is in Senior Chat which not everyone has access to. I'm not sure why it was put there.

Defrost · Aug 10, 2009

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TechnoGranola said:
The other thread linked to is in Senior Chat which not everyone has access to. I'm not sure why it was put there.

News articles that are not directly related to child passenger safety, particularly if they involve sensational and/or upsetting topics like the death of children, belong only in senior chat. Even a news article about a car crash isn't specifically related to CPS simply because children died.

Essentially, there's nothing educational about this news article - we all know that unrestrained children and adults are at much greater risk of death in a crash.

southpawboston · Aug 10, 2009

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Defrost said:
News articles that are not directly related to child passenger safety, particularly if they involve sensational and/or upsetting topics like the death of children, belong only in senior chat. Even a news article about a car crash isn't specifically related to CPS simply because children died.

Essentially, there's nothing educational about this news article - we all know that unrestrained children and adults are at much greater risk of death in a crash.

this thread also deserves a big red WARNING: CHILD DEATH MENTIONED.

seriously, who wants to hear about this stuff?

EDIT: oh, and someone else already started a thread on this earlier: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=93996

maybe the two threads should be merged, and in general caution should be exercised as to not post duplicate threads.

snowbird25ca · Aug 11, 2009

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