A one-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a car driven by his 30-year-old father in Togo, Aichi Prefecture, police said Sunday.
According to police, the accident occurred at the family’s home at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Kyodo News reported. The boy’s mother called 119 and the boy was taken to hospital where he died about two hours later.
The boy, his sibling and their parents had just returned from an outing when the boy got out of the car in the apartment building car park. His father got into another car and was moving it forward when he hit his son who had wandered in front of the car.
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EuroJP
The small soul will be back. Meanwhile RIP.
According to Japanese news mother took both children out and then father move another car. What was mother doing? Why didn't she take care of them both. Why didn't she hold his hand or bring immediately inside home? Negligence!
I feel how shocked father is. Imagine to go to funeral of own kid whom the parent killed unintentionally. Horrible!
Marr Bourdein
Kids will be kids and that's that. It's a horrendous event but an accident nonetheless. It's not nice to point fingers at this point because I have kids and I know how things get after coming back home from an outing. It's a little chaotic especially with two small children. At this point we should pour out our prayers to the family.
njca4
It sometimes happens when 1 parent is watching 2 kids ... Happened to me at the pool once - I was making sure the youngest one wasn't going in past her waist, turned around, and just saw my older girls hands poking out the water .. I still have nightmares about it. It can happen
TrevorPeace
While I am certainly sympathetic with the two comments above, as a parent of a child who is now 35, I am having some difficultly with that one-year-old child being able to walk like that. At that age they teeter and wobble and have significant trouble going any distance. There's no blame that I can assign to either parent, nor should anyone else; that's just being mean. Children need constant oversight, and this story is a sad reminder of that.
OssanAmerica
Parental irresponsibility. What was the mother doing separated from her 1 year old child?
Albert
@EuroJP
That is harsh to blame the mother and if she is the main responsible person.
I guess you do not have children because you would not give this kind of comments. Children can disappear in an eye blink.
On topic
The father must feel bad but now he gets arrested for regless driving.
Wesley
May his soul rest in peace.
Poor little one.
miss_oikawa
Madness. It's a wonder this doesn't happen more here. If you can't watch 2 kids at the same time, you don't enter that situation. Having said which it isn't usually that hard.
runner3
Cars and Parenting
Rule #1 Never move a car without first having eyes on all of your children
that's what his wife was supposed to be doing!
runner3
Very sad, but it was an accident.
Strangerland
What a sad story. I hope this family can heal.
yokohamarides
Tragedies like this happen much too often.
Cars are deadly.
Rodney
Wish I didn’t read this. My partner has hit two deers, I still have nightmares. But a child…
Rodney
small kids in the front seat with no seatbelt is also a serious problem.
Uchujin
What does that means?
opheliajadefeldt
Please do not point the finger of blame at the parents, the tragedy of losing their son will be with them all their lives. This was a tragic accident, and may be it could have been avoided but these things happen in life so please be compassionate with the parents.
Hiro S Nobumasa
Condolence to the parents.
RIP little one.
The father certainly needs spiritual and mental support.