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Child suffers brain injury from fall
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Posted on May 01 2001
A six-year-old child suffered severe head injuries after falling from the back of a pick-up truck over the weekend.
Without adult supervision, police said that the minor was allowed to sit on top of a stack of chairs piled at the bed of the moving vehicle when he fell over.
The victim reportedly sustained major head injuries, including severe swelling on the brain and abrasions on the left skull and facial areas.
The operator of the vehicle was identified as the child’s mother, who was reportedly driving within the Tanapag village though in a slow pace.
Three children aged five, six, and twelve were seated at the bed of the truck when the incident occurred near the Santa Lourdes store in Tanapag.
Somehow, police said, the six-year-old slid off from aboard the bed of the truck, landing on the ground.
The mother then brought the victim back to their house, where his father immediately rushed him to the hospital.
At the health center, the mother was questioned by traffic investigators about the accident.
She was later cited for illegally allowing her underage children to sit at the bed of the truck without being adult supervision.
The lady, a resident of Tanapag, was also cited for reckless driving with load not securely fastened, vehicle integrity, failure to renew registration of vehicle.
Under CNMI laws, children under the age of 16 should not be permitted to ride at the back of a truck without adult attention, according to police. (MM)
