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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums5 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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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
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Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)1. How heartbreakingly awful. nt
VMA131Marine
(4,140 posts)2. At least two of the kids should have been in car seats
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
(25,865 posts)3. And I still occasionally meet someone
who refuses to wear a seat belt because they think that somehow they're safer if thrown free of the car in an accident.