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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I can't understand is how, if the driver stopped before the crosswalk and accelerated safely from a stop, his vehicle gained enough speed between where he stopped and the crosswalk to kill a five year-old. Studies show that most pedestrians have a very good chance of surviving being hit by a vehicle going 25 mph. The vehicle can't have travelled more than a few feet before reaching the crosswalk and so, with a normal acceleration, should have been traveling considerably less than 25 mph. With the few facts we have to go on, the accident doesn't make a lot of sense.[/quote]

I am not sure if this is true but for some reason my understanding of the driver's actions were that he allegedly stopped at a stop sign and the proceeded through the intersection where he killed the girl in the crosswalk on the OTHER side.  So the fact that he stopped was not even really relevant since he still had an obligation to yield to her in the crosswalk but that would explain how he was able to gain enough speed to kill her.  [/quote]

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