SOMERVILLE (WBZ) ― The SUV backed onto a sidewalk on Munroe Street in Somerville, striking a woman and child.
Somerville Police say a 2-year-old Roslindale child was seriously hurt and a 32-year-old Dedham woman was gravely injured when a 71-year-old neighbor drove his Nissan Pathfinder into a yard Sunday afternoon.A birthday party for the woman's child was being held at the Munroe Street home at the time of the accident.
Another elderly driver, another eeeevil over-powered SUV, another child mowed down in the alleged safety of their own yard. When will the MA legislators finally break the shackles of the powerful AA and AARP lobbies and start calling for some common sense elderly controls? How many more children must suffer at the hands of overcompensating seniors and their machineries of death? Why can't Congress ban these evil SUVs whose large wheels and hefty ground clearance are clearly designed only to run over children and puppies?
Gah. It strains my brain to even try to pretend to talk an an anti-gunner...
I did notice they blame that slippery culprit, Mr. "Gas pedal changes with the brake":
"(The) driver was going in or out of a parking space on Munroe Street and for some unknown reason, the vehicle accelerated across the sidewalk, a couple of wheels up onto private property," says Deputy Police Chief Paul Upton.
Emphasis mine. "For some unknown reason".
Let's review. There are two possible options here:
1. The driver got confused and mashed down on the wrong pedal; or
2. Magical elves played a practical joke and changed the controls of the SUV.
I know, I know. In these days of magic gasoline peeing unicorns that pay our mortgage and sign us up to vote Democrat through ACORN, anything's possible, but really...
Oh, and one more time: A primer to help.
UPDATE: Since preparing this post, the woman who was struck has died. Rest in Peace.
That is all.
2 comments:
for some unknown reason, the vehicle accelerated across the sidewalk
Why am I reminded of the manufactured scandal of "sudden acceleration" in Audi 5000s, back in the mid-1980s?
It wasn't her fault, it was all the fault of the evil SUV.
Obviously "common-sense" SUV laws are needed to reduce SUV avaliability. Then everyone will be safe and we can all hold hands and sing kumbaya.
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