Java Gold@TFT
08-10-2009, 10:44 AM
From the TU in Albany, NY. This idiot lets his 8yo son drive his 3yo daughter down the street on a "borrowed" ATV. He dumps it into a tree and his sister dies. Just one of several lately. When will these parents become responsible?
"AUSTERLITZ -- A 3-year-old girl died Saturday evening when the ATV her 8-year-old brother was driving crashed and rolled over on her, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The boy suffered facial injuries, authorities said; the children's 10-year-old sister who was also on the vehicle escaped harm.
The names have not been released. The girl is the fourth child to die in an ATV accident in the past two months in the Capital Region.
According to an account provided by the Sheriff's Office, the siblings and their father were house-sitting at a home on Harrington Drive when they borrowed the homeowner's 2002 Kawasaki Mule ATV, which resembles a small golf cart. The went to a neighbor's house at 100 Harrington Drive, where the boy was driving the vehicle in the driveway and his sisters were passengers. When the ATV struck a tree, the 3-year-old was thrown to the ground and pinned beneath the vehicle after it rolled over. Emergency crews from Spencertown and Chatham and a sheriff's deputy were dispatched at 6:44 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The 3-year-old and her brother were transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, where the girl was later pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the accident. The 8-year-old was treated for facial injuries.
A 13-year-old boy from Knox was killed May 29 when his family's ATV flipped over on him. Twin 17-year-old brothers from Schaghticoke died when the ATVs they were riding crashed into each other on June 22. A 16-year-old girl was also injured in the accident. Two days later, an 8-year-old boy suffered head and neck injuries when the ATV he was driving crashed and rolled over him in Corinth.
With some exceptions, state law bars anyone under the age of 10 from operating an ATV without being accompanied by an adult. "
"AUSTERLITZ -- A 3-year-old girl died Saturday evening when the ATV her 8-year-old brother was driving crashed and rolled over on her, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. The boy suffered facial injuries, authorities said; the children's 10-year-old sister who was also on the vehicle escaped harm.
The names have not been released. The girl is the fourth child to die in an ATV accident in the past two months in the Capital Region.
According to an account provided by the Sheriff's Office, the siblings and their father were house-sitting at a home on Harrington Drive when they borrowed the homeowner's 2002 Kawasaki Mule ATV, which resembles a small golf cart. The went to a neighbor's house at 100 Harrington Drive, where the boy was driving the vehicle in the driveway and his sisters were passengers. When the ATV struck a tree, the 3-year-old was thrown to the ground and pinned beneath the vehicle after it rolled over. Emergency crews from Spencertown and Chatham and a sheriff's deputy were dispatched at 6:44 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The 3-year-old and her brother were transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, where the girl was later pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the accident. The 8-year-old was treated for facial injuries.
A 13-year-old boy from Knox was killed May 29 when his family's ATV flipped over on him. Twin 17-year-old brothers from Schaghticoke died when the ATVs they were riding crashed into each other on June 22. A 16-year-old girl was also injured in the accident. Two days later, an 8-year-old boy suffered head and neck injuries when the ATV he was driving crashed and rolled over him in Corinth.
With some exceptions, state law bars anyone under the age of 10 from operating an ATV without being accompanied by an adult. "