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Killing your own children

2011 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A one-year-old girl has died after being accidently run over by her father near Katherine in the Northern Territory.

Police say the 20-year-old did not see his daughter when he reversed his car at a caravan park.

She was pronounced dead at Katherine Hospital.

The death is the fourth in a spate of similar events in the past two weeks.

Two toddlers were killed in Sydney in separate incidents after their parents reversed over them.

A two-year-old girl was killed in Victoria when her mother accidently accelerated into a house.

Detectives are investigating.

COMMENTS FROM DAVID

This is a common occurence in Australia, mostly involving large SUVs in reverse. May be this category could be awarded a Wallace, after Alfred Wallace who independently discovered the theory of natural selection.

Other cases I found were:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-28/sydney-toddler-killed-by-reversing-4wd/3026202?section=nsw

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-06-16/toddler-killed-in-driveway-accident/1779068

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-10-17/deadly-weekend-on-queensland-roads/569710

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-07-07/toddler-dies-in-driveway-mishap/1881604

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-08-03/toddler-killed-in-driveway-accident/1377022

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-08-15/griffith-toddler-run-over-in-driveway/1238790

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-14/baby-dies-after-tragic-driveway-accident/2758342

Submitted on 10/01/2011

Submitted by: David Edwards
Reference: ABC News 1 October 2011 12:41pm

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Other
Thanks, David, but we can't accept this for a number of reasons. First and foremost we don't accept anything involving children under the age of 16. But on top of that this sort of incident also violates both our self-selection & hurt bystander rules. Please make sure submissions adhere to all the posted rules.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Other
As Bruce said!


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