Father, 9 year old daughter dead after speeding teen in Escalade mows them down.

[VTECeateR]

This was 5 minutes from my house. So sad.

CONCORD, Calif. —
A father and his nine-year-old daughter were dead after being struck by a teenager driving a reportedly speeding car through a busy intersection in Concord Saturday morning, according to authorities on scene.
At around 9:30 a.m., the man, his daughter and another girl, 12, were riding bicycles near the intersection of Oak Grove Rd. and Treat Blvd. when a car, reported by witnesses to be speeding, lost control, hit a fire hydrant and then the three pedestrians before crashing into a brick building across the street from the Ygnacio Valley Shopping Center.
The father died at the scene, according to Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Both of the girls were hurt -- the nine year old was critically injured -- and taken to John Muir Medical Center, where the youngest later died from her injuries.
The 12-year-old girl was being treated for minor-to-moderate injuries. Broschard said the girl's relation to the other two was unknown Saturday morning.
The driver of the vehicle sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment, Broschard said.
The intersection was closed after the accident and was expected to remain shut down until 5 p.m. while the incident was investigated Saturday.

[HolyRollie]

That is horrible.

[VTECeateR]

I first heard about it from our local webpage, claycord.com. The comments are.....interesting to say the least.

http://claycord.com/2012/04/07/four-...erson-is-dead/

[worth_fixing]

There are places to speed. This was obviously not one of them. These kind of things shouldn't happen. Ever.

RIP. You never just kill 2 people; those who are closest die a little inside too.

[Aonarch]

My condolences.

I hope the teenager burns.

[vwlarry]

The loved ones left behind will spend the rest of their lives dying.

[DrFrisker]

holy **** did she hit a fire hydrant

captain obvious strikes again!

[Robski92]

Sad times.

[mike02467]

Okay if this guy doesn't go to jail then something's seriously wrong with our penal system...

[kingrukus]

I hope the driver rots in jail. This crap happens way to often - just yesterday 2 teens driving an Escalade EXT in downtown Toronto were racing it down very busy streets.

[AggvGtivr6]

Okay if this guy doesn't go to jail then something's seriously wrong with our penal system...

That chick who killed her kid and threw it in a dumpster walked....

OJ trial anyone....

[VTECeateR]

More images... http://photos.mercurynews.com/2012/0...icycling/8395/

[Kandiru]

My condolences.

I hope the teenager burns.

FYI my native town in Hungary had seen 470 burnings at the stake
between the 12th to the 17th century. It is an eerie feeling to know
that the square where i was feeding pigeons with granny had been
the very site of one of these. For lese-majesty they also did burning
with dousing, so one fellow died over 5 hours. Perhaps this felllow's
parents should get the same:

[Air-over-water]

That chick who killed her kid and threw it in a dumpster walked....

OJ trial anyone....

The 'mother' who basically put her child in the washing machine will most likely walk too.
This country is too soft on a lot of things.

[freedomperiod]

No alcohol? Daylight hours?? WTF??

Not that those would be an excuse, but it's hard to believe that stupidity alone caused all this calamity.... even though it was a teenager driving.

Whatever the case, it's a terribly sad, sad story.

[Subwoofers]

Esca-Pimp

[8V Fury]

Was the teen texting?

[AggvGtivr6]

No alcohol? Daylight hours?? WTF??

might have been a female driver...

[roadtripper]

best post ever.

[ogvr6]

sad day for a few families

[roadtripper]

this may come off as cruel, but if i took my 9 year old for a bike ride through a busily trafficked intersection, i would probably be stopped, harassed, and ticketed. i would never take someone else's kid on such a trip.

although it's unlikely anyone need excuse the driver no matter the circumstances, i'm curious how much heavier the hatred/rush to judgement is b/c of the sclade. if it was a prius, would the reaction be quite so vitriolic?

[1Point8TDan]

this may come off as cruel, but if i took my 9 year old for a bike ride through a busily trafficked intersection, i would probably be stopped, harassed, and ticketed. i would never take someone else's kid on such a trip.

Nothing implies they were riding on the street. The sidewalk is wide enough to accommodate them easily. To cause the amount of damage he did, he must have been doing well over the posted speed limit.

[Mrdeezy]

accidents happen. Thats why they are called an accident.

Let's get over this obsession of "justice" and look at things as they are.

[aoj2108]

accidents happen. Thats why they are called an accident.

Let's get over this obsession of "justice" and look at things as they are.

QFT douche. This was obviously no mere "accident".

[Mr Miyagi]

Okay if this guy doesn't go to jail then something's seriously wrong with our penal system...

Lol you said "Penal".


Hope the kid gets death sentence. He deserves it.

[PsyberVW]

accidents happen. Thats why they are called an accident.

Let's get over this obsession of "justice" and look at things as they are.

Accidents assume no fault on either side. This was not an accident- this was an event spurred by gross negligence.

[Air-over-water]

accidents happen. Thats why they are called an accident.

Let's get over this obsession of "justice" and look at things as they are.

Really?
Are you that dense? Or just extremely young?

[vwlarry]

Accidents assume no fault on either side. This was not an accident- this was an event spurred by gross negligence.

Thank you for steering this thread back into the land of reality.

[blackvento36]

I find it hard to believe that people want to compare the SUV driver to murderers who walk. There is a differece between planning and intentionally killing somebody and a dumb ass kid who crashes into something, which in this case just happens to be people. 90% of teenage drivers drive just as stupid as this kid, the difference is that most of them just didn't happen to hit a pedestrian, or if they did it's usually in a Civic or a golf, not a giant SUV. Who knows if it even was the kids fault, people on bicycles do some stupid **** at times, and if it is his fault he deserves the 2 counts of manslaughter or negligent homicide or whatever it is but he's not a murderer

[vwlarry]

Gee whiz, that sure was a short trip back to reality!

[Mr Miyagi]

I find it hard to believe that people want to compare the SUV driver to murderers who walk. There is a differece between planning and intentionally killing somebody and a dumb ass kid who crashes into something, which in this case just happens to be people. 90% of teenage drivers drive just as stupid as this kid, the difference is that most of them just didn't happen to hit a pedestrian, or if they did it's usually in a Civic or a golf, not a giant SUV. Who knows if it even was the kids fault, people on bicycles do some stupid **** at times, and if it is his fault he deserves the 2 counts of manslaughter or negligent homicide or whatever it is but he's not a murderer

Everybody is responsible for their actions. We had this debate in class a few weeks ago, and its ridiculous the amount of people that believe if you're young and stupid you should get away with ****. Just ridiculous. EVERYONE is accountable for EVERYTHING they do.

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

The posted speed limit is 45 MPH; which means that the vehicle could've been driven at 50 MPH, and BARELY been speeding. The damage to the suv looks about right for a 45-50mph crash. There are too many unknowns for any of us to rationally pass judgement. If this was a 25 MPH zone it would be a different story.

I'm not saying that the driver wasn't grossly negligent, but I will admit that when I clicked on this thread; I didn't think that I was going to see an accident in a 45 MPH zone...

[Mr Miyagi]

The posted speed limit is 45 MPH; which means that the vehicle could've been driven at 50 MPH, and BARELY been speeding. The damage to the suv looks about right for a 45-50mph crash. There are too many unknowns for any of us to rationally pass judgement. If this was a 25 MPH zone it would be a different story.

I'm not saying that the driver wasn't grossly negligent, but I will admit that when I clicked on this thread; I didn't think that I was going to see an accident in a 45 MPH zone...

Weird to have such a high speed limit in that kind of zone

[dubinsincuwereindiapers]

Weird to have such a high speed limit in that kind of zone

I agree. However; we can't just assume that the driver of the suv is at fault, when someone was riding bicycle with a child on what pretty much amounts to a highway.
What if the suv driver was cruising along at the posted speed limit, passing freely at speed through a green light, another car blew the red light or turned right on red without looking into the path of that suv, the suv driver then jerks the wheel to avoid the collision, ends up unintentionally plowing over these two?

That was just one possible scenario.

[Iroczgirl]

Sad