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Wandering 2-Year-Old Struck by Car; No Parents Nearby

In our attempts to bring you only the happiest news today, we have this from the heart of Napa Valley's Wine Country. A 2-year-old girl who was wandering alone outside her family's apartment at 5 in the morning was struck by a car and left for dead.

But the weird part isn't that the girl was last seen two blocks from her home at an ungodly early hour. Two witnesses apparantly saw her tottering about and did nothing. If I was out walking at 5 in the morning, the last thing I would expect to see is a 2 year old. Alone. Near a busy road. At the very least, I would stop for a moment and make sure there is a parent nearby. I can't be the only crazy, overprotective person out there, right?

In the end, the girl was found unconscience near a curb. She later died. Police are looking for a witness who may have seen the car that did this -- but the witness only told another witness about it and then walked away. What the hell people?


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Comments

 

HDCS said:

People need to use baby gates to trap those toddlers in their rooms after being put to bed. My little Houdini lives to figure out how to open every door, push every button, and elude every attempt at detection along the way, full on ninja style. These little folks are crafty and determined and have zero sense of self preservation. Lock them in safely folks!

And I've also got some neighbors in my cul de sac who a negligent parents at best. They let their two year old wander in their poorly gated back yard regularly. So I've seen that poor little tyke standing utterly alone and totally unsupervised numerous times in the street just hanging out. Every time I've seen him he gets walked back to his house. One more time and social services is getting a ring before I have this scenario played out front of my house. What the hell people indeed!

June 3, 2008 5:31 PM
 

Sue said:

I'm guessing that the witnesses who were out at 5 a.m. were on their way home, and probably didn't want to get busted. Not a good excuse, but perhaps they don't have their priorities straight in the first place.

June 3, 2008 8:19 PM

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