An elderly woman drove a car through the glass front of a restaurant in this Chicago suburb Thursday, sending nine people to hospitals, police said.
The 94-year-old driver hit a parked vehicle before accelerating into the lobby of the Panera Bread restaurant around 1 p.m., striking eight people who ranged in age from 13 to 47 years old, said Wilmette Deputy Police Chief Brian King.
Why isn't there the same outcry to get them off the road when an elderly driver has an accident that there is when a teen has an accident? Just like there are some good elderly drivers there are good teen drivers. We should not discriminate against drivers based on their age.
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94 year old drives car into restaurant
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Age is no excuse
A man trying to park in a handicap spot Monday instead drove his Cadillac into the dining room of a restaurant, injuring five people, officials said.
The driver and his wife appeared to be in their 70s or 80s, police spokeswoman Sr. Cpl. Donna Hernandez said. It was too soon to say whether the driver would be charged with a crime.
Why is it that 70 & 80 year olds get a pass for bad driving? Undoubtedly if the driver and his wife had been in their teens they would already be charged. Old age is no excuse for endangering the lives of others.
The driver and his wife appeared to be in their 70s or 80s, police spokeswoman Sr. Cpl. Donna Hernandez said. It was too soon to say whether the driver would be charged with a crime.
Why is it that 70 & 80 year olds get a pass for bad driving? Undoubtedly if the driver and his wife had been in their teens they would already be charged. Old age is no excuse for endangering the lives of others.
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70 year old plows into students
A sport utility vehicle jumped a curb outside a middle school Wednesday afternoon, plowed into a group of children waiting for a bus and rammed into a tree, trapping several students underneath, police said.
Hospital officials said 13 children and the SUV's driver were taken to hospitals, and that at least four children were seriously injured. Parents and staff at Ralston Middle School used a jack and their collective muscle to lift the SUV and rescue the trapped children, said Belmont police Lt. Dan DeSmidt.
A woman who identified herself as Mauro Yan's wife but would not give her name told the San Francisco Chronicle that her 70-year-old husband was driving, and that he thought the SUV's brakes had failed.
Read the rest in The Sun Herald.
What's up with these elderly drivers and school kids?
An 85-year-old woman whose car plowed through an elementary school cafeteria, killing a boy and injuring two other students, won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said."This was certainly not intentional," Robert Haida, St. Clair County state's attorney, said Friday.
Hospital officials said 13 children and the SUV's driver were taken to hospitals, and that at least four children were seriously injured. Parents and staff at Ralston Middle School used a jack and their collective muscle to lift the SUV and rescue the trapped children, said Belmont police Lt. Dan DeSmidt.
A woman who identified herself as Mauro Yan's wife but would not give her name told the San Francisco Chronicle that her 70-year-old husband was driving, and that he thought the SUV's brakes had failed.
Read the rest in The Sun Herald.
What's up with these elderly drivers and school kids?
An 85-year-old woman whose car plowed through an elementary school cafeteria, killing a boy and injuring two other students, won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said."This was certainly not intentional," Robert Haida, St. Clair County state's attorney, said Friday.
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Shouldn't they at least take her drivers license away?
An 85-year-old woman whose car plowed through an elementary school cafeteria, killing a boy and injuring two other students, won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said.
"This was certainly not intentional," Robert Haida, St. Clair County state's attorney, said Friday.
On Monday, police issued what likely will be the only penalty Grace Keim will face in the Jan. 29 crash: a traffic ticket for failing to reduce speed.
She drove up a dead-end drive at Shiloh Elementary School and never stopped. She crashed through the cafeteria at lunchtime, according to police in Shiloh, a village just east of St. Louis.
Ryan Wesling, 8, died at a hospital about an hour later. Two other students were injured.
If I was Ryan's parents I would be OUTRAGED! Being old is no excuse for reckless driving. I wonder what penalties a 16 year old would have faced for the same accident? At the very LEAST Grace Keim should PERMANETLY LOSE HER DRIVERS LICENSE.
"This was certainly not intentional," Robert Haida, St. Clair County state's attorney, said Friday.
On Monday, police issued what likely will be the only penalty Grace Keim will face in the Jan. 29 crash: a traffic ticket for failing to reduce speed.
She drove up a dead-end drive at Shiloh Elementary School and never stopped. She crashed through the cafeteria at lunchtime, according to police in Shiloh, a village just east of St. Louis.
Ryan Wesling, 8, died at a hospital about an hour later. Two other students were injured.
If I was Ryan's parents I would be OUTRAGED! Being old is no excuse for reckless driving. I wonder what penalties a 16 year old would have faced for the same accident? At the very LEAST Grace Keim should PERMANETLY LOSE HER DRIVERS LICENSE.
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Should The Elderly Be Barred From Driving?
After an 84-year-old driver plowed through an elementary school lunchroom this week, killing an 8-year-old boy, his mother pressed lawmakers to bar the elderly from getting behind the wheel.
It seems whenever an elderly person or teen is involved in an accident the immediate reaction is to bar that age group from driving. But not all 84 year olds are the same, and neither are all teens.
Advocacy groups for the elderly urge states not to overreact to each incident, noting that accidents happen in every age group and that taking away an older person's license could rob them of their independence.
Often loss of a drivers license would mean being stuck isolated at home in rural areas. Do we really want to do that to our elderly?
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