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America’s Youngest Victims: The Preventable Crisis of Child Traffic Deaths

Summary by Mass News
Every year, thousands of children in the U.S. are killed or injured in car crashes, turning routine commutes into life-altering tragedies. While road safety continues to be a national focus, the data tells a sobering story: in 2022, 1,129 children under 14 died in motor vehicle crashes, making up 2.7% of all traffic deaths. Even more alarming, 156,000 children were injured, many due to entirely preventable causes. At The Fitch Law Firm, we see t…
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Árni Friðleifsson, assistant chief constable in the traffic police department, says that accidents have become far too frequent and that people need to take control of traffic. And far too often, it is children who get into accidents. A seven-year-old child who was hit last week is lying with a fractured skull at the National Hospital. "There were no markings there and the child crossed where it is supposed to cross. It was a terrible accident, …

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Mass News broke the news in on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
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