The month of April has been the most tragic month ever in backover fatalities! We need this to stop.
Please, educate and bring awareness to your friends and families about the fact
that when you are backing up in your vehicle you are driving blind!
Washington, DC - Sen. Bill Nelson took to the
Senate floor today in an appeal to his colleagues to pass a bill he's
cosponsored that could help prevent such tragedies. Experts say the Kids and
Cars Act would reduce the number of deaths and injuries by alerting drivers to
the presence of a small child, or any object, behind a car.
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1.
Wednesday,
Dad accidentally backed over and killed
his 2-year-old daughter in the driveway
2.
Wednesday,
Mother backed over and killed 15-month-old
son while backing a small SUV.
3. Tuesday,
Toddler
died when mother backed over her not knowing that she followed her
outside and got behind her vehicle.
4. Friday,
Father backs cargo van out of driveway and
kills 3-year-old daughter in the family’s driveway.
5.
Saturday,
Big
brother, age 16,
backs over and kills his 5-year-old sister in the driveway of their home.
6. Monday,
Father backs over and kills his
13-month-old daughter when he did not see her standing behind the car as he was
backing out of his driveway.
7. Monday,
Mother backs over in kills her 3-year-old
daughter while backing her Chevrolet Suburban out of their driveway.
8. Sunday,
A
3-year-old girl was backed over and killed by a SUV driven by her father.
9.
Saturday,
A
2-year-old boy was backed over and killed in a private driveway by a truck
driven by his Uncle.
10.
Saturday,
A
5-year-old boy was backed over and killed in the parking lot of a U-Haul rental
center by a rental truck.
11.
Saturday,
An 18-month
old girl was backed over by a Pontiac Grand Prix as the vehicle was backing out
of a driveway.
12.
Wednesday,
One-year-old
toddler was backed over and killed by a relative when leaving driveway. This is the third such incident in the last
three weeks in the Dallas area.
13. Friday,
Friend
picking up his child was reversing SUV out of driveway kills 1-year old girl in
her own driveway.
14. Thursday,
Grandfather killed 21-month-old toddler when
moving truck at the child’s home.
15.
Tuesday,
Child
backed over and killed by his Uncle.
16. Monday,
Eighteen-month
old boy was backed over at his home by his Uncle.
Recent
Fatal Frontovers
1. Sunday,
Two-year-old
boy hit and killed by a Chevrolet pickup truck when exiting after filling up
with gas.
2.
Saturday,
A
4-year-old boy was knocked over, rolled over and then rolled over again by a
Dodge pickup truck in a parking lot when walking into a convenience store with
his father.
3. Friday,
Toddler was
stuck and killed in an alley as she chased a pet Chihuahua while her mother was
nearby unloading groceries from her car.
4. Monday,
A 35-
year-old father accidentally runs over and kills his 3-year-old son with
his 2003 Cadillac Escalade.
5.
Wednesday,
A
18-month-old toddler died of injuries suffered when run over by his father
who was moving a SUV forward and did not know his son had followed him outside.
6.
Thursday,
Two-year-old
girl killed after being struck by a H-3 Hummer moving
forward by her Aunt.
1.
Saturday,
A
7-month-old infant died when she was struck by her grandmother’s car
that was shifted out of park by a 2-year-old.
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