FORT WORTH, TX — A trick-or-treater was hurt in a car accident that happened in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, October 31st, 2014. The article from the Fort Worth Star Telegram said that the accident happened at around 8:00 Friday night.
An as-of-yet unidentified 10-year-old girl was hurt when she was hit by a passing minivan while she was trick-or-treating in the 8000 block of Cannonwood Drive. The report does not say where the girl was standing when she was hit by the vehicle.
The girl was taken by EMS to Cook Children’s Medical Center where she was being treated for injuries that police described as non-life-threatening.
The Fort Worth Police are still going over the details of what may have caused the accident.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
Now, there are a lot of details to consider when you’re talking about a pedestrian accident. While there is a chance that the victim in this accident bolted suddenly into the road and there was nothing that the driver could have done to avoid the accident, the fact that this accident took place on Halloween night at the sunset hours makes me wonder why the driver of this car wasn’t keeping a watchful eye out. Halloween is the banner day for children dotting neighborhoods everywhere. While driving in a residential area any other day, drivers need to be watchful of kids chasing after balls or riding scooters in the street. This kind of anticipatory vigilance needs to be amplified to the highest degree on a day whose traditions revolve around kids walking in neighborhoods. Whenever you are driving to an event at an arena or a sporting venue where lots of pedestrians are funneling from parking lots to the venue, do you navigate the parking lots at the posted speed limits, or should you slow down to accommodate the foot traffic? Should this driver have had a similar attitude?
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