Prayers up for Todd Heap and wife.
Prayers up for Todd Heap and wife.
How sad....
So tragic. My mother’s friend did that to a neighbor’s child back in the ‘40s. He was never the same until the day he died decades later.
worst way to learn to ever be aware of where children are always. prayers for him and family.
It's easy to judge these kind of things but tragic accidents do happen to the best of us. He was not drunk or anything. He just didn't look behind his truck and his son did not realize that the starting engine meant imminent danger to himself.
That was 20 years ago. The neighbor was devastated and he and his wife quickly put the house up for sale and moved out of state. Hope they are doing well.
Professional drivers walk completely around their vehicles before driving, checking for obstacles as well as low tires, etc.
All drivers would be wise to do the same.
Prayers. Very sad, something similar happened to a couple we knew.
Dreadful. RIP.
Prayers to them. This happened to a family in my old neighborhood and the father never forgave himself, and the mom didn’t forgive him either. Dreadful all around for all.
Extremely sad. This is one of my biggest fears when my little ones were younger. I ALWAYS visually walk around the vehicle before moving. Sometimes even after an inspection, I waited until all young people were accounted for. Many times I made them get into the truck while I moved hay, feed, moved fencing, etc. prayers out for this man and his family.
...sad, sad ping....
My mother, when in her late 50’s, accidentally backed her car into her sister while dropping her at her apartment building. The car knocked her over, and broke our aunt’s hip.
It started a downward spiral of health problems for my “auntie,” who died about 18 months later. Auntie smoked like a chimney and eventually died of cancer, but my mom never forgave herself, as she felt she caused the spiral downward.
I feel so sorry for this man.
Tragic.
The majority of low-speed accidents happen when backing.
If possible, back first. Better yet, avoid backing at all.
If you back into a parking space, you ordinarily have the advantage to see everything more clearly.
Then when you leave, there is no need to back up.
Like a few posters have said, always look all around the vehicle before moving it. Something I always do. Habit from being a pilot.
God help them
Just really Sad learning about this, words just don’t work.
tears running down my cheeks.
can’t even imagine what they are going trough