SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- A toddler and a 32-year-old woman were seriously injured when they were struck by a 71-year-old driver while they were walking down a sidewalk in Somerville on Sunday, police said.
Elderly Driver Strikes 2 Children In Crosswalk
BOSTON -- An elderly driver struck two children in Medfield as she was pulling out of a church parking lot.
The driver Anne Johnson, 83, Max Lodkin, 5, and his 23-month-old brother, Timothy, while they were in the crosswalk with their grandmother, police said.
Man injured in motorcycle crash dies
HUDSON, N.H. — The 55-year-old Pelham, N.H., man whose motorcycle was hit by an elderly driver on Saturday afternoon died in a Boston hospital yesterday morning.
Richard Kelley was not wearing a helmet when his 2005 Harley-Davidson was struck by Harrison Smith, 88, of Hudson on Route 102 just before 3 p.m. Saturday.
Elderly drivers accused
In Revere, police said Michele Veneziano, 85, of Lynn struck a parked car, then slammed into a man exiting his car. The victim was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries. Veneziano was cited for negligent operation and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage.
Woman, 83, smashes into Natick liquor store, injures cashier
An 83-year-old woman drove her car through the exit doors of a liquor store in Natick this morning, striking a counter inside and pinning a cashier, who fortunately suffered only minor injuries, authorities said.
Massachusetts: You're more likely to live here - unless you get in the way of one of our out-of-control elderly drivers.
Once again, I'll reiterate: I understand completely that the plural of anecdote is not data. However, our enemies in the gun-grabbing community are quick to stand over the latest shooting victims and cry that we need more gun control to stop the carnage, usually invoking the "for the children" defense. Yet when there are actual, honest-to-goodness children being stricken in the streets, these same tireless advocates for the Nickelodeon set are strangely mute.
Why, it's almost like they care more about the tool used than the victim!
As my friend Bruce would say, here's my shocked face...
That is all.
2 comments:
you almost never hear "fully automatic transmission" or "concealed car keys"
or "AAA member" used by the msm when someone gets run down by an out of control driver with an evil black auto.
no one needs to drive 75 mph anyway...their lead tire weights might fly off at that speed and hit a duck and get into the water supply.
I heard some interesting stats the other day that fits in with the state media's reporting on guns.
Statistically speaking, the Q-tips are less accident prone than new drivers, males in their 20's, and some other demographs. However, a sensational incident feeds right into the SRM's "if it bleeds it leads" mentality.
By sticking to facts and probability (cue Beacon Hill "math is haaaaard whine)at least, it seems elderly drivers are getting a similar shaft as gun owners.
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