Garbage Truck Accident Kills 2-Year-Old In Southcrest
Posted in Wrongful Death Accidents, Monday, June 21st, 2010The tragic death of a two-year-old boy in the neighborhood of Southcrest was caused by a truck accident involving a waste management vehicle, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.
Jovani Louangxaysongxham — who was one month away from turning three-years-old — was killed in a wrongful death accident that occurred around noon on June 18, 2010. The boy was killed as he ran across the street to see his father and was struck by an oncoming garbage truck.
Boy, 2, is killed during a garbage truck accident when ran into the street to greet his father.
A 2-year-old boy in Southcrest ran into the middle of his street and was killed by an oncoming garbage truck. (Source: San Diego Union Tribune)
San Diego police Lt. Ken Hubbs has said that the fatal truck accident occurred when the boy’s mother was attempting to put Jovani and his older sibling into the car in the driveway of their home on 43rd Street and Keeler Avenue. When the boy saw his father across 43rd Street, he ran over to him.
As he entered the road, Jovani darted right into the path of an Allied Waste Services truck, which could not swerve or stop in time, despite the passenger in the truck warning the driver that the child had ran into the road. Jovani went under the truck, was hit by its rear wheels, and died of his children’s injuries at the scene.
After the collision, the boy’s father and his uncle tried to force the driver of the truck. A skirmish broke out that the police needed assistance to break up. One officer was punched and knocked unconscious by the uncle. He was then arrested.
Emergency crews used two 70-ton airs bags to elevate the 50,000 pound garbage truck carrying 9 tons of waste to free the boy’s body. Streets were closed down for several hours until the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department could obtain the body.
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