A 3-year-old girl is in a critical condition after she was hit by a car while she was riding a kickboard in a residential area of Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, on Monday.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. NHK reported that the girl was riding her kickboard on a road near her home with another girl at a T-junction when she was hit by a car turning right.
Police arrested the driver, Tatsuo Tsuji, a 71-year-old fisherman from Minami town, Tokushima Prefecture, on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury.
Police said Tuesday the child remained unconscious due to a severe head injury.
At the time of the accident, Tsuji's wife and two grandchildren were in his car.
© Japan Today
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Alongfortheride
And the Mother/Father was where ?
M1984FA
A 3 year old should not play on the street unsupervised.
DanteKH
Tragic.
Slow reaction times from the driver? Bad parenting leaving a 3 years old alone on the street?
Anywhere we can find the exact cause for this?
Michael Corleone
lets all hope she recovers fully...
factchecker
No helmet used presumably either. The parents should be charged.
rainyday
To be fair, the article doesn’t tell us if parents were present or not.
I agree that a three year old absolutely should not be riding a kickboard on the streets unsupervised, but would reserve judgment on the fault of the parents without knowing more.