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Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead by a driver
(www.nbcnews.com)
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If you read the story it sounds like the 7 year old just walked out into the street. So he literally could have walked right in front of the guy. The dad was on the phone with the older son which might have ment he wasn't paying attention to the younger brother b
Give me an effing break.
If the driver wasn't able to respond in time to a pedestrian entering the street, particularly at a crosswalk, he was driving recklessly.
(Edit) Not a crosswalk, between two crosswalks. I maintain that inability to react to pedestrians safely in an area at least near housing constitutes reckless driving.
Fair, on a re-read, 7 and 10 are way too young to be left alone.
I certainly did not absorb it all.
They were going from their house where their mom was 2 blocks up the street to where their dad was shopping. The dad was on the phone with the older kid as they walked. They were not left alone.
In a place with non-negligent zoning and street design, they'd be plenty old enough to walk to a nearby store safely.