Just thinking as a parent, watching your child hit the pond, diving down and not being able to free her... My god. Hoping everything is alright. I was on ATV's back in the day at that age, but I was always responsible and didn't do crazy shit on them. My daughter is the same way, but still way younger, so we'll see when she gets to that age. I guess now the mental note is not to do it near bodies of water...

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How in the world do rescue workers get anywhere within 2 minutes of an accident?! If that's true, I'm super impressed with the response time to what, presumably, is private land. Hoping she will be okay.

I don't see how that is possible unless the rescue crew was already at the driveway. Time before and during call + time to get to the property + time to get to pond + time to get her out > 2 minutes. Sounds like someone is trying to downplay the length of time the child was submerged.

Plus 1. I am praying for a full recovery for this little girl but I agree she was probably under quite a bit longer than two minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Just reread the article and it does say that rescue workers got there in two minutes and that those workers got her out. Scary.

How in the world do rescue workers get anywhere within 2 minutes of an accident?! If that's true, I'm super impressed with the response time to what, presumably, is private land. Hoping she will be okay.

I don't see how that is possible unless the rescue crew was already at the driveway. Time before and during call + time to get to the property + time to get to pond + time to get her out > 2 minutes. Sounds like someone is trying to downplay the length of time the child was submerged.

Plus 1. I am praying for a full recovery for this little girl but I agree she was probably under quite a bit longer than two minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Just reread the article and it does say that rescue workers got there in two minutes and that those workers got her out. Scary.

How in the world do rescue workers get anywhere within 2 minutes of an accident?! If that's true, I'm super impressed with the response time to what, presumably, is private land. Hoping she will be okay.

Somebody else must have made the call while the parents and other relatives were frantically trying to free her. That was a remarkable response time for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Just reread the article and it does say that rescue workers got there in two minutes and that those workers got her out. Scary.

How in the world do rescue workers get anywhere within 2 minutes of an accident?! If that's true, I'm super impressed with the response time to what, presumably, is private land. Hoping she will be okay.

I don't see how that is possible unless the rescue crew was already at the driveway. Time before and during call + time to get to the property + time to get to pond + time to get her out > 2 minutes. Sounds like someone is trying to downplay the length of time the child was submerged.

It's not just idiot kids. A few lawyers have lost their lives on those things. Brett Favre's BIL was killed on one, Kid Rock's assistant died in his driveway I think from a crash, my neighbor's best friend died when his flipped and landed on him crushing his chest.

My next door neighbor, white trash with money, gave her 6 year old one for Christmas. She rode that thing on full throttle, alone, no shoes, no pads, NO HELMET, unbuckled, no roll cage, straight up no protection. It took the police to finally get that child off of it. It was horrifying to watch. I couldn't believe they allowed that but they did. She hasn't been on it since.

I know they're fun but you have to be smart about driving and riding those things. And golf carts too. Your kids should not be riding the neighborhood on those. They aren't made to play on. One car crashing into one you can bet somebody's kid will die. The kids across the street fly on a 6 seated one, packed with kids. One day their luck will run out.

Some people shouldn't be parents. Just saying.

Anonymous wrote:People do it. They even have have two wheeled dirt bikes for kids around that age.

Don't know if you all saw this clip of the kindergartener riding a minibike to school:
http://www.motorcycle.com/features/weekend-awesome-kindergarten-kid-riding-pocket-bike-school.html

Wow, that Kindergartener acts like a little self-rightous turd. Let's hope someone steals his pocket bike.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Just reread the article and it does say that rescue workers got there in two minutes and that those workers got her out. Scary.

How in the world do rescue workers get anywhere within 2 minutes of an accident?! If that's true, I'm super impressed with the response time to what, presumably, is private land. Hoping she will be okay.

I knew an 8 yo girl who died of a golf cart injury. The kids were basically playing with it like an ATV. Little kids shouldn't be allowed on those things . So sad whats happened. I grew up in the country so not passing judgements on her parents. I've been riding on things like that since I was a kid too. The dangerous are too risky though.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Just reread the article and it does say that rescue workers got there in two minutes and that those workers got her out. Scary.

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Anonymous wrote:Still don't understand why people let their kids ride ATVs, despite the known risks.

I guess she had driven it around quite a bit before that and her parents were supervising her. They were about 100ft away when they saw her go into the water and they both dove in after her to get her out of the water.

Hopefully they were able to start CPR right away too.

I think that they had a false sense of security because they were standing right there and watching her. It's not like she was outside driving around all by herself. I'm sure that they never thought that something like this would ever happen to her.

They couldn't start CPR right away. Her parents dove in after her, but were unable to get her out of the water because she was buckled into the ATV.

Yes, they had to unbuckle her to get her out. But they say that she was only submerged for 2 minutes so they must have gotten her out before rescue workers got there.

Poor poor girl. I hope she makes a full recovery.

Idiots. Absolute idiots.

OMG, I would never allow my daughter to be on one of those things until she was older. I know a girl who broke her pelvis in an ATV accident. And she was on a 1st or 2nd date, so all of a sudden she and this guy were thrown into this weird relationship where they barely knew each other, but had to deal with these serious issues.

Anonymous wrote:People do it. They even have have two wheeled dirt bikes for kids around that age.

Don't know if you all saw this clip of the kindergartener riding a minibike to school:
http://www.motorcycle.com/features/weekend-awesome-kindergarten-kid-riding-pocket-bike-school.html

Didn't read the article. Does Jamie Lyn Spears still live in Lousiana, where they're originally from? These type of activities might be more common in rural areas, where there's more land to play around in.

Hope she has a speedy recovery!

Oh yea---in this area we think it's nutso---but it is quite common in a lot of parts of the country.

My boys were thrilled to visit my husband's best friend out in Arizona where they had all kinds of motorized vehicles, atvs, dirt bikes they'd take out to the desert.

yikes.