Elmer Rightard SUV Hits Several Outside California Middle School
(And then the Christofascists come over afterwards.)
Last Edited: Wednesday, 02 May 2007, 6:13 PM PDT
Created: Wednesday, 02 May 2007, 6:13 PM PDT 05/02/2007 --
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 that 13 children and the SUV's driver were taken
to hospitals, and that at least two children were seriously injured.
Parents and staff at Ralston Middle School used a jack and their collective
muscle to rescue the trapped children, said Belmont police Lt. Dan DeSmidt.
Witnesses said the 2004 Honda Pilot was in the parking lot of the school
when it hit the students.
"You don't think. You just react," said head custodian and track coach
Andre Edwards, who said he pulled out a bleeding but conscious student
from under the SUV.
Five to seven children were hit, and the others hospitalized were injured
or shaken up as they tried to escape the oncoming car, DeSmidt said.
The male driver of the SUV was at the school in Belmont, about 25 miles
south of San Francisco, to pick up a student, DeSmidt said. He did not
know the driver's relationship to the child.
The Honda was registered to Mauro H. Yan and Lorenza Y. Yan, according to
the Department of Motor Vehicles. A telephone listing for Mauro Yan was
not in service.
At the scene, investigators combed through debris spread over a 30-foot
radius, including the SUV's front grill and discarded sneakers and
backpacks. They noted the absence of skid marks that would have indicated
the driver tried to stop, but said it was too soon to draw conclusions
about what that meant.
"It certainly all falls into the investigation, but at this point we have
no cause to believe it was an intentional act," DeSmidt said.
Seven people were taken to trauma centers for injuries ranging from broken
bones to internal injuries, said Chief Doug Fry of the Belmont-San Carlos
Fire Department.
Four teenage boys were admitted to Stanford Medical Center, two with
potentially life-threatening injuries, including a head injury and a
possibly fractured pelvis, hospital spokeswoman Jonnie Banks said. The
other pair had superficial injuries, he said.
"I want to emphasize these are possibly life-threatening injuries. They
are still being assessed. Any head injury could be life-threatening, as
could any possibly fractured pelvis," she said.
Several other hospitals reported receiving patients involved in the
incident; some of those hurt had been treated and released by late
afternoon.
The crash occurred about 12:30 p.m., at the end of a school day
shortened because of standardized testing, Principal Maggie O'Reilly said.
School will open as usual on Thursday, but the state tests are canceled for
the remainder of the week, she said.
The pastor at Fellowship Bible Church, which is near the school, went
there to counsel students shaken up after witnessing the crash, said
Lawrence Chu, the church's office manager.
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Christian terrorism murders another half a million people:
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