Earlier this year, tragedy struck in North Florida when a 2-year-old girl was killed when she was run over in her own driveway by a vehicle her father’s boss was driving. It occurred around 11 a.m. when the father’s boss came to check on how he was progressing on a side job. News4Jax<\/a> reported the girl was struck as she ran around behind the truck as the driver was backing out. Her injuries proved fatal. The ginger-haired tot was just one month shy of her second birthday.<\/a><\/p>\n Horrific as the crash was, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates about 50 kids a week are struck in the U.S. in so-called “backover accidents.”<\/p>\n These are just one in a sub-category of crashes that are referred to as “non-traffic accidents.” That is, while they involve motor vehicles, they do not occur in a typical traffic setting, such as on a public road. They (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this year, tragedy struck in North Florida when a 2-year-old girl was killed when she was run over in her own driveway by a vehicle her father’s boss was driving. It occurred around 11 a.m. when the father’s boss…<\/span><\/p>\n