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Girl killed when run over by father


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Updated: 4/27/2012 7:52 am Published: 4/27/2012 7:50 am

VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) — Police in Van Buren say a Van Buren child was killed after she was struck by a vehicle driven by her father near a business in the west Arkansas city.

Det. Jonathan Wear said the man was backing out of the business Thursday when he ran over his daughter.

Wear told The Southwest Times Record that the girl apparently got out of the man's vehicle without him noticing and that she was standing behind the vehicle when she was hit.

The girl's name and age were not immediately released.


 

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Mrz Gibbs - 4/28/2012 1:32 PM
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This is absolutely heart wrenching.. There really are no word's to express my deepest sympathies for this father, and his family.. As a mother my heart breaks for them.. I will send prayers of faith and strength to this family, and I hope this father gets the help he needs in dealing with such a loss, I hope he doesn't blame himself cause a tragedy like this could happen anywhere, to anyone. JLP2011 you shouldn't be so quick to judge, or assume anything. It was a totally UNINTENTIONAL horrific accident!! As sad as this is It def made me think of the times Ive stepped out of my car for a brief sec with my kids to double check that I locked the front door or to move one of my kids bikes out of the driveway. It only takes a split second for something terrible to happen and for your life to change forever..

happy to be me - 4/28/2012 9:47 AM
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This is probably the worst thing that could happen to a parent. No words can explain what this man must be going through right now.

amberjack - 4/27/2012 3:38 PM
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I could have gone all day without reading this, it is 5:00 somewhere so I am heading to the Red Bar

sickofthissht - 4/27/2012 3:23 PM
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it could happen i know he is beyond grief. i imagined it happening to me and i almost shed a tear. i consider myself pretty tough but accidentally killing your child is more than i could handle i probably would send the rest of my lifein a mental institution. im sorry for the family that has to mourn this loss

wpsark - 4/27/2012 12:32 PM
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jlp2011, do you have kids? maybe he'd gotten out of the car for whatever reason and she was in the car when he got out; when he got back in he might have just expected her to still be in there. We don't know her age or anything yet..

jlp2011 - 4/27/2012 11:15 AM
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How can someone get out of a vehicle without you knowing? Really? If she isnt sitting next to you upon backing out then SHE GOT OUT!
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