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Posted in: 8-year-old boy dies after being hit by truck outside home in Yokohama See in context
What a mess. As Speed so wisely says, vehicle speed may or may not have been an element in this fatality, but from the information available, it was definitely the kid's fault.
Even at 15 to 20 km/h, however, the boy would be just as dead.
See: http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/WMSO.2008.85 for one of many examples of research showing this. Vehicle hits pedestrian, knocks pedestrian down, pedestrian's head hits the pavement - fatal head injuries can occur even at vehicle speeds of 20 km/h or less.
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