Child Dies After Hitting Head On Pipe While In Moving Car
by Beth on Friday, October 4, 2013
by Beth on Friday, October 4, 2013
A 6-year old girl was killed when her head collided with a guard pipe that was part of an overhead railway bridge after she stuck her head out of the sunroof while her mother was driving the car.
The tragic incident has shocked Twitter users, who are critical of the girl’s parents for not teaching her of the dangers of sticking her head out of the window of a moving vehicle. Many also raised questions as to why the girl was not wearing a seat belt at the time.
Is this simply a tragic accident? Or do the girl’s parents bear some responsibility for her death?
[Accident] 6 Year Old Dies After Sticking Her Head Through Car Sunroof And Colliding With Elevated Railway Tracks
At around 6pm on the afternoon of September 30, Sora, the eldest daughter of Kudmadani Satsuki (unemployed, 36) collided with a guard pipe beneath the elevated tracks of the JR San’in line while she was driving her compact car on a city road in Chinto, Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Sora hit her head hard on the pipe, and died instantaneously.
According to the Hagi Division of the prefectural police, Sora had been in the back seat of the car, and had apparently stuck her head out from the sunroof. The height restriction for cars passing beneath the tracks was 1.8m. Kumadani told police that they had been on their way home after picking Sora up from preschool.
