100 year-old driver hits 11 near LA school
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, across from an elementary school in South Los Angeles just after classes had ended Wednesday, authorities said.
Four of the children were in critical condition when firefighters arrived but they were stabilized and were in serious condition at a hospital, city fire Capt. Jaime Moore said. Everyone was expected to survive, he said.
The powder blue Cadillac backed slowly into the group of parents and children buying snacks from a sidewalk vendor, and the crowd banged on his windows and screamed for him to stop, but not before some of the children were trapped under the car, witnesses said.
Carter talked to television reporters after the crash some five miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. He said he has a driver's license and will be 101 years old Sept. 5. "My brakes failed. It was out of control," Carter told KCAL-TV.
Asked about hitting the children, Preston said: "You know I'm sorry about that. I wouldn't do that for nothing on earth. My sympathies for them." Carter was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot, but instead of backing into the street, he backed onto the sidewalk, police Capt. George Rodriguez said.
"I think it was a miscalculation on his part. The gentleman is elderly," Rodriguez said. "Obviously he is going to have some impairment on his decision making." Older drivers have been involved in other tragedies. In 2003, an 86-year-old man mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal of his car instead of the brake and then panicked, plowing into an open-air market in Santa Monica. Ten people were killed and 63 injured.
According to California's Department of Motor Vehicles, people over age 70 must renew their driver's license in person, rather than via the Internet or by mail. Older drivers can also be required to take a supplemental driving test if they fail a vision exam, or if a police officer, a physician, or a family member raises questions about their ability to drive.
Rodriguez said the collision was being investigated as an accident, and Carter was not under arrest. He has a valid driver's license, Rodriguez said.
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Just literally heard it on the news.
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Gotta be wack to get hit by a car going in reverse.
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Dude looks good for his age -
THe last 5 kids that got hit should be shot in the ? face during recess by the school bully.
How the ? 11 kids get hit by a ? car going backwards? It's cuz these kids are fat as ? these days. ? when I was 5 years old I was already a 3 time MVP in Little League Football ran a 4.3, 40 ? . Bo knows Baseball, Bo knows Football...Bo knew Football cuz Darc ? taught him. I would Barry Sanders juked the wheels off that ? car. Matter of fact Im typing this ? in the gym right now on the treadmill ? .
Meanwhile these ? kids out c'here stationary like bowling pins letting this old ass ? bowl a 300 on their fat ? . I'm ? disgusted right now. Chump ass ? ass kids man. -
got an uncle whos like 110 or 109..........still drivers in NY...u ? up north should prob be on the look out
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I always said once you reach like 60 something yrs old you need to re apply
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SuperstarCole wrote: »Gotta be wack to get hit by a car going in reverse.THe last 5 kids that got hit should be shot in the ? face during recess by the school bully.
How the ? 11 kids get hit by a ? car going backwards? It's cuz these kids are fat as ? these days. ? when I was 5 years old I was already a 3 time MVP in Little League Football ran a 4.3, 40 ? . Bo knows Baseball, Bo knows Football...Bo knew Football cuz Darc ? taught him. I would Barry Sanders juked the wheels off that ? car. Matter of fact Im typing this ? in the gym right now on the treadmill ? .
Meanwhile these ? kids out c'here stationary like bowling pins letting this old ass ? bowl a 300 on their fat ? . I'm ? disgusted right now. Chump ass ? ass kids man.
lmfao dis ? killed me yo hahaha -
Young_Chitlin wrote: »The powder blue Cadillac backed slowly into the group of parents and children buying snacks from a sidewalk vendor,
lol@ slowly getting run over when u can get the ? out the way............dude must be an old ? driving a powder blue caddy -
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Lets be real, if they was goin to school in LA it was only a matter of time before they end up in the hospital.
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he doin aight for being a century old. ? .
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? around in front of Walmart and see what happens. Old people don't ? around.
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Its the kars fault breaks went out he's perfectly fit to drive
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How do you get hit by a car moving slow in reverse? I can see the first 3 or 4 people if they weren't looking...
But the last 7 or 8 probably should have gotten hit for having terrible reflexes smh -
got an uncle whos like 110 or 109..........still drivers in NY...u ? up north should prob be on the look out
doesn't that make you like 60-70?
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Sneak Dissa wrote: »
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free'em .....he keep it one hunnid
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least he was doin 100
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free my ? carter
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2 years ago a old women hit and killed a child getting of the bus where I live. Sad ? .
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? this fear of being an agist - old people need to stop ? drivin