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Girl Killed By Falling Gate

truechildsafety.com Posted on November 21, 2023 by adminNovember 21, 2023

Tragedy struck. in Arizona on Monday. when a 9-year-old-girl was killed at her elementary school by a falling gate. The metal gate was apparently either damaged or not put together properly, and slid off its hinges when she opened it, falling on the girl and crushing her to death. This may seem like a freak occurrence, but these types of things happen more often than you think. I once wrote an article titled “Which is more dangerous: sex offenders or … Continue reading →

Posted in School | Tagged Arizona, elementary school, falling gate, girl killed at school, Phoenix

Two Kids Take Joy Ride After Spat With Mom

truechildsafety.com Posted on September 23, 2023 by adminSeptember 23, 2023

According to the Florida Sheriff’s Department, two tweens, a boy and a girl, were upset with their mother, who took away their electronic devices, reportedly because they were not using them properly.  So in their anger, they decided to take their mother’s car and hit the road, apparently searching for more tech-friendly living arrangements.  Police caught up with the pair 200 miles from where their mother had reported them missing.  The 10-year-old boy was driving with his 11-year-old sister in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars & Vehicles | Tagged driving, Florida, kids, runaway

Dogs & Children Hit By Cars

truechildsafety.com Posted on September 19, 2023 by adminSeptember 19, 2023

When children are hit by cars, one of the most common causes is that they chase a ball, pet, or other child into the street.  Lost in their play, or focused on retrieving an object, they forget to pay attention to traffic.  Yet here’s a rather unique role reversal of that familiar script: In Jacksonville, Florida, a 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car while involved with a dog… not because he was chasing a dog into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars | Tagged cars, danger for kids, dogs, kids, safety, street

When Failure to Listen Costs Teens Their Life

truechildsafety.com Posted on September 19, 2023 by adminSeptember 19, 2023

Teenagers aren’t exactly known for listening.  In fact, they tend to gravitate toward the precise opposite of listening.  Sometimes they pay a heavy price for this failure to heed advice. In East Chicago, a 14 year-old-boy was playing along lake Michigan.  Adults warned him not to jump off the breakwall into the water along the lake’s northwestern Indiana shoreline.  You can probably guess what happens next.  He jumped off anyway, and lost his life because of it, drowning in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drowning | Tagged Chicago, children, drowning, teens

Boys Survives 100 Foot Fall

truechildsafety.com Posted on August 22, 2023 by adminAugust 22, 2023

It’s not often that you fall off a cliff and live to talk about it.  Yet that is exactly what happened to a 13-year-old boy from North Dakota, who fell while vacationing with family at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. He was hiking with his family when he slipped on the edge of a cliff at the Bright Angel Point Trail.  He plunged nearly 100 feet, and it took emergency crews two hours to rescue him.  Let’s hope he … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiking Accidents | Tagged 13-year-old-boy, Arizona, boy, fall, Grand Canyon, North Dakota

Girl Dies After Grandma Forget Her In Hot Car

truechildsafety.com Posted on August 8, 2023 by adminAugust 8, 2023

Tis the season for hot car deaths, and these tragic incidents continue to rise alongside the rising temperatures. Among the latest victims was a 14 month old girl in New York who died after her 54-year-old grandmother forgot to drop the tot off at daycare.  She went straight to work leaving the girl inside a hot Jeep Cherokee for 8 hours.  I can only imagine how this grandmother feels. When people hear about cases like this they assume it can … Continue reading →

Posted in Kids Left Unattended | Tagged daycare, death, forgotten child, grandmother forget granddaughter, hot cars, Jeep Cherokee, kids in hot cars, tragic

Two Kids Killed Over Lost Luggage

truechildsafety.com Posted on June 22, 2023 by adminJune 22, 2023

An SUV full of kids was traveling on State Rout 78, a busy highway near Vista in California, when luggage fell off the back of their car.  A 16-year-old girl, who was apparently the driver, got out along with a 10-year-old boy to try and retrieve it.  Both were struck by a Nissan sedan and pronounced dead on the scene.  Four other kids were also in the car and watched it happen.  It’s a tragic story that didn’t need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Teen Drivers | Tagged 10-year-old boy, 16-year-old driver, California, highway, kids killed, lost property, luggage, Vista

Four Kids Survive 40 Days Alone in Jungle

truechildsafety.com Posted on June 13, 2023 by adminJune 13, 2023

In a rather incredible survival story, four children, ranging in ages from 1- to 13 years-old, were found alive 40 days after their small plane went down on May 1st in the rainforest of Columbia. Sadly, the plane crash killed their parents.  The mother had survived for four days after the crash, but ultamatly succumbed to her injuries before help could arrive.  Prior to her passing, she told her children to go out and find food and water.  It’s normally … Continue reading →

Posted in Airplane Accidents | Tagged children, Columbia, kids, lost in forest, plane crash, rainforest, scavenge, search and rescue, survival, wild food

Four Year Old Girl Goes on Accidental Camping Trip

truechildsafety.com Posted on April 6, 2020 by adminApril 6, 2020

The tragedies that befall children can happen in the blink of an eye. A few seconds is all it took for 4-year-old Evelyn Sides, who goes by the nickname Vadie, to vanish from the backyard of a family friend, “Nanny,” who was watching her at the time. The girl was playing outside with her dog Lucie when she ran off into the Alabama woods. As Vadie describes it, “We took a walk, but then I got too fast and got … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Crazy Things Kids Do

Storage Unit Fires, Opioed Overdoses, & Cockroach Friendss

truechildsafety.com Posted on January 11, 2018 by adminJanuary 11, 2018

Here are some notable stories from around the U.S. in the past week: In Bakersfield, California, a small child believed to be around 4 or 5-years-old died when the storage unit his family was living in caught on fire.   In Weymouth, Massachusetts, a 2-year-old girl was hospitalized after swallowing a synthetic opioid pill. If parents have a prescription for these they need to keep them well guarded. A single pill of some of these medications is enough to kill … Continue reading →

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