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Eugene

(61,881 posts)
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 10:13 PM Feb 2019

5 children killed in single-car crash in Maryland

Source: CBS/AP

5 children killed in single-car crash in Maryland

UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 2, 2019 / 6:54 PM / CBS/AP

Five children were killed when they were ejected from a minivan in a single-car crash early Saturday, Maryland authorities said. The troopers identified the dead children as 8-year-old London Dixon and 5-year-old Paris Dixon, both of Bowie; and 14-year-old Zion Beard; 6-year-old Rickelle Ricks; and 15-year-old Damari Herald, all of Washington, D.C.


A preliminary reports indicated the a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica was traveling north on Route 301 when it drove off the left side of the road and into the woodline on the highway. According to the preliminary investigation, the vehicle struck several trees then spun into a snow covered field.

Maryland State Police Captain Dan Pickett said there were five children in the back of the Chrysler Pacifica and they were not properly restrained, CBS affiliate WUSA-9 reports.

When the vehicle hit the trees, police said all five kids were ejected and killed. The driver of the vehicle and the passenger in the front seat were both wearing seat belts and survived. Police said the vehicle had two rows of seats.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bowie-maryland-5-children-killed-in-single-car-crash-2019-02-02/
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5 children killed in single-car crash in Maryland (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
How heartbreakingly awful. nt Phoenix61 Feb 2019 #1
At least two of the kids should have been in car seats VMA131Marine Feb 2019 #2
And I still occasionally meet someone PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #3

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
2. At least two of the kids should have been in car seats
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 10:32 PM
Feb 2019

The other three wearing seat belts.

5 kids gone because the two "adults" up front weren't responsible enough to make everyone buckle up.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
3. And I still occasionally meet someone
Sun Feb 3, 2019, 01:07 PM
Feb 2019

who refuses to wear a seat belt because they think that somehow they're safer if thrown free of the car in an accident.

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