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08-26-2009, 04:03 PM
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#1 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Witnesses like the construction workers across the street are being offered counselling after what is being described as a graphic accident. The 32-year-old woman pushing her two-year-old in a stroller had been crossing Expo Boulevard at Abbott Street when a white flatbed truck turning right struck the pair.
Constable Jana McGuinness with the Vancouver Police Department says the young child was dead almost immediately. The mother has been taken to hospital with serious injuries. "There are few incidents more tragic than the loss of a child and our deepest sympathies go out to the family and everyone affected by this today."
The driver has been taken by police and is cooperating in the investigation.
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08-26-2009, 04:07 PM
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#2 | | Glorious Gaming PC Master Race
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OMFG...RIP
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08-26-2009, 04:14 PM
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#3 | | racing & tech mod.
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RIP little one.
Harsh reminder - LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET.
You NEVER KNOW if the vehicle is going to stop for you!
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08-26-2009, 04:28 PM
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#4 | | ESKETIT
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rip little one.
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08-26-2009, 04:35 PM
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#5 | | look at these diamonds, they shining
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RIP...
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08-26-2009, 04:38 PM
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#6 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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So sad. RIP.
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08-26-2009, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Rich Sandor  Harsh reminder - LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET.
You NEVER KNOW if the vehicle is going to stop for you! | Actually, the lesson learned here is NEVER STAND RIGHT AT THE CORNER when waiting to cross. My dad ALWAYS taught my sisters and I to stand at least 2-3m back. Trucks and semis turning right hop onto the curbs all the time! To be honest I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often with all the retarded "righteous" pedestrians all over this hippie-town.
RIP.
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08-26-2009, 04:50 PM
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#8 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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That is so sad...especially I was on the other thread about yielding to pedestrians and joking about hitting them.  | |
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08-26-2009, 04:53 PM
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08-26-2009, 05:01 PM
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#10 | | I am on the internets
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sorry to hear
how do you NOT see a flatbed truck?
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08-26-2009, 05:01 PM
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08-26-2009, 05:15 PM
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#12 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by slammer111 Actually, the lesson learned here is NEVER STAND RIGHT AT THE CORNER when waiting to cross. My dad ALWAYS taught my sisters and I to stand at least 2-3m back. Trucks and semis turning right hop onto the curbs all the time! To be honest I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often with all the retarded "righteous" pedestrians all over this hippie-town.
RIP. | They were crossing the street, not standing on the corner. If the truck was turning right and the driver was arrested, that means he didn't stop for them to finish crossing.
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08-26-2009, 05:23 PM
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#13 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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damn sad to hear RIP and hopefully the mom fully recovers
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08-26-2009, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 3seriesBeeM damn sad to hear RIP and hopefully the mom fully recovers | No parent will ever recover from seeing their own baby run over like that.
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08-26-2009, 05:33 PM
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#15 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Tow truck drivers are as careless as cab drivers. You should some of these idiots hauling ass during rush hour with no care in the world for other drivers or pedestrians.
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08-26-2009, 05:34 PM
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#16 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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FUCKEN VANCOUVER CONSTRUCTION... best place on earth my arse... | |
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08-26-2009, 05:34 PM
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#17 | | The "You'd Know" Moderator
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Originally Posted by Rich Sandor RIP little one.
Harsh reminder - LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING THE STREET.
You NEVER KNOW if the vehicle is going to stop for you! | Unfortunately, looking both ways before crossing won't do jack in this situation.
You have to look behind you (as that truck was making a right on "green") in order to tell that a vehicle is coming.
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08-26-2009, 05:36 PM
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#18 | | The "You'd Know" Moderator
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu FUCKEN VANCOUVER CONSTRUCTION... best place on earth my arse... | WTF does this have to do with this thread?
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Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you. | |
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08-26-2009, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Jah Al Zawahiri Tow truck drivers are as careless as cab drivers. You should some of these idiots hauling ass during rush hour with no care in the world for other drivers or pedestrians. | this.
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08-26-2009, 05:43 PM
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RIP tragic
but to be honest there is a problem with pedestrians in vancouver... they dun look before crossing the street they act like the cars can stop in time for them and its their right like they own the street
if they walked like that in hk ... hit them 9 generations ago
still RIP
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08-26-2009, 05:50 PM
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#21 | | The RS Freebie guru
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I saw something similar to this just a few days ago... forgot where I was, but same deal... a big truck turning right was literally within a couple meters from hitting a mother and young daughter standing on the sidewalk.
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08-26-2009, 06:12 PM
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RIP baby
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08-26-2009, 06:19 PM
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#23 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by Jah Al Zawahiri Tow truck drivers are as careless as cab drivers. You should some of these idiots hauling ass during rush hour with no care in the world for other drivers or pedestrians. | Might seem careless to you, but when you work that job, time is money, and no truck driver is gonna sit around and wait for the idiots around him to get moving. Most truckers are better drivers than most commuters on the road.
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08-26-2009, 06:22 PM
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#24 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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08-26-2009, 06:24 PM
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RIP. i know its very sad but i always see people crossing the street before looking for cars... they just look down or straight ahead and dont even care about the incomings.
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