Posted on 11/05/2004 6:39:04 AM PST by TChris
Edited on 11/05/2004 6:45:36 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
METHUEN, Mass. -- A 10-year-old girl was killed when her father parked his truck in a pile of leaves in which she and a friend were hiding, the family said. The other girl was seriously injured.
Family members said 36-year-old construction worker James Gravel did not know he had run over the girls until he got out and heard daughter Natalie calling him.
"She said, 'Daddy, I can't breathe,"' said Gravel's sister, Jennifer Gravel.
Natalie died at a hospital of head and chest injuries. Eight-year-old Meredith Reid was in critical condition Thursday.
Police said no charges were planned.
Gravel's two other children, ages 11 and 7, were in the truck at the time.
Very sorry about the two odd lines in the post. I cut and pasted and didn't look closely enough :-{
Oh, man. Prayers.
That is just absolutely, absolutely horrible.
why would someone want to park in a pile of leaves? after raking them and pileing them up you're gonna park atop them?
This is horrible.
Isn't this an awful story? I heard it on our local news this morning and talked to my children about it. My dad almost ran over a baby once when he went to park his car on the side of a road near a group of people having a picnic. He saw something strange in the space and decided to get out before pulling in. It turns out that a mother had wrapped up her infant in a blanket and put him there! I still can't believe anyone would do this!
This breaks my heart. I have a daughter and I would absolutely DIE if this happened! I will check extra closely from now on!
Exactly, Parking on top of a bunch of leaves? there's something wrong with this situation
Tragic
While it may be odd, it certainly isn't something unthinkable. You probably wouldn't think it's going to hurt somebody.
My parents never let me play in the leaves in the road for this reason. And once I started driving always cautioned me not to drive through a pile (though it's fun and does make a satisfying sort of leaf explosion if you do) because there may be kids in it who don't know better.
So sad...
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That poor family.
Why? Right now in our driveway, you couldn't avoid parking on a pile of leaves.
Really? I did a search on "truck" and nothing came up. Was this title the same as the original? Apologies to all.
Yes but I am sure that when you are going to park in your driveway you would be able to see a person hiding under the leaves, it taks alot of leaves to cover a entire person.
if two ten year olds can successfully hide in it, it must have been a huge pile. wouldn't the trucks catalytic converted pose a serious fire risk parking in a pile of leaves?
not to mention he felt no bumps? the kids didn't scream when he hit them?
it's a tragedy nonethtless, but looks like stupidity played a large role.
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