Another child driveway death. Most are preventable for less than the cost of a WOF.
We have the solution. Just not the drive to implement the solution across the board.
Another child run over in my hometown and killed. Coming just one month after another driveway death in Gore. Also a 3-year-old.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-release-name-of-3-year-old-boy-who-died-in-northland-driveway-accident/NSJFQF7PSRH2XB6ZU3DSD3SV3A/
How much is it worth, in dollars, to save the life of several NZ toddlers each year? To prevent them dying needlessly?
It’s a question I think about every time I read or treat a child who’s backed over by a car in a driveway. About 6 kids a year are killed in NZ like this, and 12 others hospitalised, often with major (lifelong) injuries.
In the 18 years I’ve been working in ED, I’ve cared for several kids involved in bad driveway injuries. Examined them with my own hands, lifted them onto the CT scanner table, put tubes between their ribs to treat collapsed lungs, and managed fractured livers and spleens. Some lived, some didn’t.