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Police: Girl, 12, runs over driving teacher
Morning Call ^ | 7/15/2009 | Staff

Posted on 07/15/2009 11:34:17 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

A Lehighton woman teaching a 12-year-old neighbor how to drive was run over by the car yesterday when her student reversed too fast , Lehighton police said.

Police said Katrina Sanabria, 24, was teaching the unnamed girl how to back out of a parking space in the parking lot of the Gypsy Hill Apartments, 401 Mahoning St., at 3:27 p.m. Tuesday when the accident happened. Sanabria was standing behind the opened driver's side and giving the girl directions, police said.

As the car accelerated in reverse, the girl lost control and the open driver's side door struck Sanabria, knocking her down and under the car, police said. The front wheel of the car went over Sanabria as it continued in reverse, police said.

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1 posted on 07/15/2009 11:34:17 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

gotta love the slate belt....


2 posted on 07/15/2009 11:36:33 AM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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Police said Katrina Sanabria, 24, was teaching the unnamed girl how to back out of a parking space......

Poor girl she didn’t have a name. Must be from a lower socio-economic family.


3 posted on 07/15/2009 11:42:22 AM PDT by JBR34
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lol


4 posted on 07/15/2009 11:44:10 AM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid! My new environmentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
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To: JBR34
Poor girl she didn’t have a name. Must be from a lower socio-economic family.

Nah, they make up names like Shaqaneekwa, Syphilis or Uneek.

5 posted on 07/15/2009 11:46:06 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
12 is too young to start to learn to drive. There are good reasons we wait till 15-1/2 to start driver training. This has been studied to death and it's been confirmed that on average 15-16 is the ideal age to learn to drive. This of course is an average.
6 posted on 07/15/2009 11:47:37 AM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough!)
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Why was a 12 year old in need of driving lessons to begin with?


7 posted on 07/15/2009 11:48:39 AM PDT by JenB987
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To: Red in Blue PA

you can get a permit at 12 in pa???


8 posted on 07/15/2009 11:50:30 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Oops.


9 posted on 07/15/2009 11:52:52 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice
Or Chlamydia
10 posted on 07/15/2009 11:53:49 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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“you can get a permit at 12 in pa???”

No. Definately not.

At 16, you have to have your driving permit for 6 months before you can be considered for a license in PA.


11 posted on 07/15/2009 11:54:31 AM PDT by JenB987
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How else is she going to get to the liqueur store to buy booze and smokes for her parents?


12 posted on 07/15/2009 11:57:15 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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I know different people have different standards -- and kids growing up on farms tend to drive tractors -- but in most locales, teaching a 12-year-old to drive a car is basically teaching a kid how to break the law. I don't support it.

And I've met parents who teach 12-year-olds how to drive, and who confidently declare that their little darling would never take the car anywhere without permission. Yeah. Riiiiiiiight.

13 posted on 07/15/2009 11:57:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't believe anything anyone says about anything anymore.)
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>No. Definately not.

Then is she facing arrest for corrupting a minor by inducement and collusion in a criminal act?
No?


14 posted on 07/15/2009 11:58:42 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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No, the article said there were charges pending because you can't legally teach a 12 year old to drive in PA. When I was a kid, in Texas you could get a hardship license at 14, or motorcycle under around 100cc at the same age.

My parents made me wait until I was sixteen, but many of my cousins that lived in the country got their DLs at 14, and started driving at 12 or 13. Course, most of them had started driving tractors at 10 or 11. Come to think of it, one of my cousins did wreck four cars before he was twenty, so maybe it wasn't a great idea.

15 posted on 07/15/2009 11:59:56 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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According to state law, juveniles have to be 16 years old before they learn to drive.

Stupid is as stupid does!!!

16 posted on 07/15/2009 12:00:18 PM PDT by org.whodat
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Why was a 12 year old in need of driving lessons to begin with?

How many 12 year olds do you know who can drive a car? Duh.

17 posted on 07/15/2009 12:01:08 PM PDT by thesharkboy (<-- Looking for the silver lining in every cloud, since 1998)
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To: JenB987

Funny this post should appear today: My son just passed his drivers exam this morning!!!! I am so proud, and he is not 12!!!


18 posted on 07/15/2009 12:01:08 PM PDT by karatemom
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To: Red in Blue PA

Why was the woman out of the car trying to teach? Why not teach her while in the car. It is much easier.


19 posted on 07/15/2009 12:03:56 PM PDT by Conservative_Jedi (Give me Liberty or give me Death!!)
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How stupid is this...First put a 12 year girl behind the wheel, and then stand behind the opened driver door when she is back up with the door open?

on the stooopid scale of 1-10, this is a 10.

20 posted on 07/15/2009 12:04:14 PM PDT by dragnet2
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