SivVulk
07-03-2006, 11:11 AM
VANCOUVER -- A two-year-old boy walked out of a hospital here just eight hours after his head was run over by a minivan.
The lucky boy was treated with a mild painkiller for minor discomfort but appears to have suffered no injuries -- to the amazement of police and horrified witnesses to the accident.
"I saw the tire marks on his back and his head and I cannot explain it," said Const. Guy Dewolf, who has never seen anything like it in a career that has taken him to about 700 accident scenes.
"The logic in me says there's no way the vehicle ran over him, but then I look at the tire marks," Dewolf said.
The boy was hit when he and his mother were crossing at a marked crosswalk Friday afternoon.
Horrified witnesses watched as the boy pulled away from his mother's hand and lay down on the road near the curb. The minivan, making a turn at the corner, drove directly over him.
Dewolf said witnesses told police there is no way the driver of the minivan -- with an pre-passenger weight of about 1,800 kilograms -- could have seen the child.
Since his release from hospital, his shocked and relieved parents are checking on him every two hours, and so far his prognosis is perfect.
Dewolf visited the family in hospital and said the boy was alert and talking.
http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=8005
that kid must have one thick skull! I also wonder how fast the minivan was going...
The lucky boy was treated with a mild painkiller for minor discomfort but appears to have suffered no injuries -- to the amazement of police and horrified witnesses to the accident.
"I saw the tire marks on his back and his head and I cannot explain it," said Const. Guy Dewolf, who has never seen anything like it in a career that has taken him to about 700 accident scenes.
"The logic in me says there's no way the vehicle ran over him, but then I look at the tire marks," Dewolf said.
The boy was hit when he and his mother were crossing at a marked crosswalk Friday afternoon.
Horrified witnesses watched as the boy pulled away from his mother's hand and lay down on the road near the curb. The minivan, making a turn at the corner, drove directly over him.
Dewolf said witnesses told police there is no way the driver of the minivan -- with an pre-passenger weight of about 1,800 kilograms -- could have seen the child.
Since his release from hospital, his shocked and relieved parents are checking on him every two hours, and so far his prognosis is perfect.
Dewolf visited the family in hospital and said the boy was alert and talking.
http://www.canadaka.net/link.php?id=8005
that kid must have one thick skull! I also wonder how fast the minivan was going...