Minivan hits 13 year old

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:33:17 -0500,
<[email hidden]>, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Check out the dent in the front of this minivan from
hitting a kid on a bike. She (the driver) must have been
MOVING...

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Luckily the kid is still alive, though in critical
condition.

Odds are that a SUV, pickup or full-size van would have
killed him.

The report doesn't say if it was a head-on or overtaking
type collision on the "fairly quiet, but narrow." street.

It does question the speed factor but not whether she was
asleep or distracted when it happened.
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Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:33:17 -0500,
<[email hidden]>, David Kerber

ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

Check out the dent in the front of this minivan from
hitting a kid on a bike. She (the driver) must have been
MOVING...

tinyurl.com3bbcsOpen ↗

Luckily the kid is still alive, though in critical
condition.

Odds are that a SUV, pickup or full-size van would have
killed him.

The report doesn't say if it was a head-on or overtaking
type collision on the "fairly quiet, but narrow." street.

It does question the speed factor but not whether she was
asleep or distracted when it happened.

Yep. Because of the apparent relative speed, I'm guessing it
was either a crossing or head-on situation, but the
investigation is still in progress; I'm sure it will be on
the local news when they come up with any results.

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I don't think the damage shown indicates that the speed of
the collision was necessarily that great. The grill work on
quite a few vehicles these days is plastic and the hoods
crumple easily. Without examining the vehicle and the size
of the victom, I could see that one happening at 25 mph. Of
course, that one then wonders, what is a driver doing
plowing full tilt into a child on a residential street?

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I don't think the damage shown indicates that the speed
of the collision was necessarily that great. The grill
work on quite a few vehicles these days is plastic and
the hoods crumple easily. Without examining the vehicle
and the size of the victom, I could see that one
happening at 25 mph. Of course, that one then wonders,
what is a driver doing plowing full tilt into a child on
a residential street?

That's an older Chrylser minivan, and the hood is not that
soft on those. I could see it being at 25 or 30 if the kid
was doing 10 or so toward the van, causing a head-on
collision. I don't think you'd get that much damage in an
overtaking situation with a lower relative speed. But your
question is still a good one, which I'm sure the police are
trying to determine. I'm sure they also have better ways of
determining the relative speed of the collision than you and
I do just looking at a picture.

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It's not been a good week in the streets; four more kids were hit by two
cars in Tampa on Wednesday night:

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Quoted message said:

I don't think the damage shown indicates that the speed of
the collision

was

Quoted message said:

necessarily that great. The grill work on quite a few
vehicles these days

is

Quoted message said:

plastic and the hoods crumple easily. Without examining
the vehicle and

the

Quoted message said:

size of the victom, I could see that one happening
at 25 mph.

I could see that too ... anyone who's seen the damage
resulting from vehicles hitting animals knows that flesh is
surprisingly tough material as well.

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Of course, that one then wonders, what is a driver doing
plowing full tilt into a child on

a

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residential street?

Sometimes kids just come out of nowhere. I know because I
was that kid once, and came pretty darn close to getting hit
a couple of times. Yes I did have good parents, but I still
got away from them every once in a while.

C.Q.C.