CROSBY — A 3-year-old Ironton girl’s arm was run over by a tow truck Wednesday during Crosby’s Fourth of July parade, Crosby Police Chief Kim Coughlin said.
Coughlin said the incident occurred at 11:48 a.m. at the beginning of the parade route on Fourth Street in Ironton. Coughlin said the girl was grabbing for some candy, when the tow truck that was in the parade ran over her arm. The girl was transported to Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby for non-life threatening injuries.
Coughlin said these are the type of incidents that everyone tries to avoid at parades. Coughlin said people throw candy at a good distance for safety, but occasionally an incident like this occurs where a young child runs too closely to another motor vehicle to retrieve candy.
Comments (5)
Add commentWhere was her supervision
What was a 3 year old child doing so close to moving vehicles. This could have been so much worse. I feel so bad for the poor little girl and the driver of the tow truck. Its because of incidents like this that many towns have decided not to allow candy to be thrown to the crowd which is rediculous. I can't believe someone was not watching this child more closely.
Horrible
As a parent I could not imagine one of my children going through something like this. At that age she must have been terrified and in so much pain. From what I heard it was not only ran over, but actually stopped right on her hand or arm for several seconds, not just ran over and done with. Please teach your youngsters to stay close and that no candy furthur than a few feet should be sought after. Im sure the parents or guardians of this child feel bad enough so im not going to go on a parent bashing spree, because being a parent myself I know how fast things can happen. But everyone needs to watch more closely and teach kids that candy is just not worth accidents such as this!
Outlaw throwing candy or
Outlaw throwing candy or treats at parades.
Don't bash the parent?
Who's fault do you think this was? Guess we need more information. Was it the parent or who ever was suppose to watch this 3 year old - how far away were they. Children this age need to be watched very closely on any street where traffic is moving. Was the towtruck was speeding and/or driving where he was not suppose to be driving?
Put a chalk line down to how far out you want your children to go out to and then be right there and make sure they do not cross the line. Too many parents now days expects everyone else to watch their children - maybe these are great parents and the child just took off. I went to parades with my children. Normally we went as a group and we took to the parade plenty of candy for everyone in our group. We basically took our favorites - not just the tootsy rolls. The other kids and parents around us were at a quest to see how much candy they could get off the street - parents even told children to run out and get candy in the middle of the street. My children watched the parade and got a lot less candy off the road - but their bag and bellies was full from our candy, we threw on the grass in front of them during boring parts of the parade. We had a few stares and a few smiles and compliments. The cost of candy was well worth all of our enjoyment and safety.
Responsibility
Bugaleeno: Why do traditions always have to change because of the lack of responsibility on behalf of the few? I am trying not to be judgemental here but seriously this is a 3 year old child that was obviously not being supervised and the result could have been much worse.