Children Inolved in Auto Accidents
While any auto accident is sobering, those involving children are especially disheartening. The greater Bay Area experienced a rash of such accidents over the past weekend, reminding all of us to be a little more careful when minors’ lives are at stake.
On Saturday, 8-year-old Isias Munoz was killed when he was hit by a car at the intersection of Branham Lane East and Lyric Lane in San Jose. Isias was riding his bicycle when he was struck by the car in what appears to have been a careless mistake, as the driver was not under the influence and is not being charged with a crime.
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_6167830?nclick_check=1
The next day, near Greenfield, a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old were flown to the hospital with serious injuries after the car they were riding in tumbled 250 feet down a cliff. The driver, John Eric Velasquez of Soledad, was intoxicated when the crash occurred and was arrested before being taken to the hospital.
http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS01/70618010/1002
Minors are not always the victims however. Also on Sunday, a 16-year-old boy was arrested after colliding with an oncoming vehicle while driving in violation of his provisional driver’s license. The crash occurred in Daly City as the boy was speeding along Guadalupe Canyon Parkway in his parents’ new BMW. When he lost control around a curve, the car hit oncoming traffic, killing 87-year-old August Marinello and critically injuring his wife.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6165359
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