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2-year-old girl dies after being hit by mother's truck in Fukushima Prefecture

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A two-year-old girl died after she was hit by a small truck driven by her mother in the parking lot of their house in Otama, Fukushima Prefecture, at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The mother and her daughter had gone out together and returned home, local media reported. After that, the mother left the girl at home and was about to go out alone again when the accident occurred.

According to police, the woman said that she had just tried to move her vehicle forward when she felt a bump. Police quoted her as saying, “I thought I had run over something. I got out to check and found that it was my child, so I immediately called 119.” The child was taken to hospital by helicopter but died shortly after arrival.

Police said the mother may face a charge of negligent driving resulting in death.

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The mother and her daughter had gone out together and returned home, local media reported. After that, the mother left the girl at home and was about to go out alone again when the accident occurred.

She was leaving a 2-year-old home alone? No wonder she followed her mother back out.

According to police, the woman said that she had just tried to move her vehicle forward when she felt a bump.

She wasn't even backing up, where visibility is poor? She was going forward??? I am assuming by "small truck", they mean kei. If so, one would assume you could see a child in front of you, if you were paying attention.

That's some tragic stuff.

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She was leaving a 2-year-old home alone? No wonder she followed her mother back out.

I don't think that's clear. It could be the case, but it could also have read, "the mother left the girl at home with an older sibling / her father" etc.

What a sad story. Know where your kids are when you're in your driveway, people.

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"Police said the mother may face a charge of negligent driving resulting in death."

Why only "may"? She should most certainly face the charge, not to mention charges of neglect for leaving a two-year-old at home alone. Anyway, now she will have to deal with her stupidity and neglect for the rest of her life. Poor child.

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I hate hearing this kind of news. Absolutely heartbreaking.

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If she left a child at home, she didnt close the door or did she? How the child got out then? It was in front of the vehicle and not making any sound?

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Speculate all you want. Do you think the mother deliberately killed her child? This is a horror for any parent. How many kids were killed by perfectly innocent parents before they installed cameras in vehicles? We don't know about whether she left the child alone or with someone or anything else. Everyone has a lot of venom for the mother. For crying out loud, a little compassion wouldn't kill you. You don't know the whole story (Japan Today probably doesn't either, so don't blame them) so how about a little less "terrible mom" and a little more "terrible tragedy."

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Not quite right or complete, the reporting. The mother/ driver of the vehicle returned from an outing with the 2-year-old and another daughter and were met in the car park by additional family members. The mother, having entrusted the two to the care of her family, was leaving on a shopping run immediately afterwards when the tragedy occurred. Japanese reporting here: https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/730014

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Do you think the mother deliberately killed her child? T

no, i dont. I just pointing out on the important moments that r onviously unclear but crucial and always seem to be missing from these articles.

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If the mother had really left the child in the house then there’s no way that the kid would have opened the door.

Again, the incomplete facts reported lead to too much speculation.

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