We’ve all seen those videos on AFV and other reality TV comedy video shows where people are chasing after their car after getting our and forgetting to put it in park.  All too frequently these episodes have no-so-funny endings.  The runaway vehicle end up smashing into children playing nearby, or a child still inside the vehicle is injured when it collides with another car or tumbles off a hill.  Here are some of the stories involving runaway vehicle accidents:

Stories of runaway car accidents:

• In Hillsborough, North Carolina, an unattended construction truck rolled down the street striking and killing a 5-year-old boy. Authorities say the man charged in the incident was in the county illegally. (USA Today, 1-3-2007, pg. 4A)

Additional information on car safety for children.