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MNeagle
1st October 2010, 08:26 AM
BURLESON, Texas — Police say a 4-year-old boy in Texas managed to start a van then run over a woman and her 3-week-old child, killing the newborn.

Police Cmdr. Chris Havens says the mother was hospitalized after the accident Thursday night in Burleson, 10 miles south of Fort Worth.

Havens did not identify those involved in the accident nor provide details of the mother's condition.

He says the 4-year-old climbed behind the wheel of the vehicle, started the van and put it in gear. He had a 5-year-old passenger.

Police say the woman saw what was happening and ran outside with her baby in her arms to try to stop the van. Police did not explain the relationship between the woman and the children in the vehicle.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39456463/ns/us_news/

Awoke
1st October 2010, 12:02 PM
That is terrible news.

:'(

ximmy
1st October 2010, 12:08 PM
now, I'm no super-genius... but running in front of a van to stop it while carrying a newborn isn't too bright... "Police say the woman saw what was happening and ran outside with her baby in her arms to try to stop the van."

Awoke
1st October 2010, 12:32 PM
Not a good move, but that doesn't make it any less tragic.

kregener
1st October 2010, 02:01 PM
The boy did not...'take'...the van, he simply managed to start it and drop it in gear by blind bad luck.

Twisted Titan
1st October 2010, 05:02 PM
SAD...............