In the past two weeks, two children in my health care service area have been run over by a relative. Both children were thought to be in the house but had run outside to the relative's vehicle. The four year old was run over, twice, by a Suburban and, miraculously, survived. No broken bones, no internal injuries. He spent two weeks in the hospital with burns caused by tire traction. A two year old was dead at the scene this week end.
50 children are victims of this type of accident every WEEK; 70% are run over by relatives!! About 2/50 are killed. Please, before you back out of your driveway, please, make sure there isn't a little one behind your vehicle.