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Talking of bad driving. My 10 year old niece was hit by a van on her way cycling to school on Tuesday.
She came out of her friend's driveway without looking and into the road however police have said her injuries are consistent with being hit at above 40mph though there is no physical evidence as far as I know. This was just before 9am on "School Road"...
She has broken her skull on both the front of her head and at the rear, broken both sides of her lower jaw, both cheekbones, nose, lost several teeth and inhaled one, split the roof of her mouth in two of which one side has collapsed making eating and drinking currently impossible and has a blood and CSF leak in her nose. Currently she has lost sight in her right eye and feeling on the right side of her face but we're hopeful that this will improve and is down to the swelling.
I've read some pretty horrific crashes and accidents in the news and on this forum but I can't explain the feeling when it happens to someone you care about.
Why can't people just not drive like dick heads ffs.