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Sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter.

I read a really terrible story years ago, a daughter was sunbathing in the driveway on a lounger, father comes home and parks... on his daughter, who is then paralyzed.

*Edit, found the article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/31/experie...

I can't even imagine what that guy felt.

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This happens to one child per week in Australia. Very sad and common. https://www.dit.sa.gov.au/towardszerotogether/safe_road_user...

Humans and cars, bad combination.

Not mentioned in the article, but you can bet this was a large pickup or SUV. They have terrible visibility.

Article mentions four door sedan actually.

> He pulled up the driveway and the front of his four-door sedan [...]

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