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Shocking Vid: SUV Rolls Over Mother, Child at AZ Intersection

Like me, you might scream out loud when you see this video.

A mother was pushing her 4-year-old daughter in a stroller through a Scottsdale, AZ intersection on May 9. When the light turned green, they remained in the middle of the street. A black SUV apparently didn’t see them (they were partially obstructed by a large van) and hit the mother and rolled over the daughter:

Shocking Vid: SUV Rolls Over Mother, Child at AZ Intersection

When the mother, Regina Aldan, looked up after the incident, she thought her daughter, Perla, was dead. But miraculously, neither Regina nor Perla were seriously hurt. Here’s the video:

Video: SUV Runs Over Stroller: MyFoxPHOENIX.com

KSAZ-TV reports the driver will not face charges:

Based on witness accounts and laws that require drivers to yield to pedestrians, the driver was cited on scene. But after reviewing the video, the investigating officer has asked that the citation be dismissed.

Scottsdale Police determined that the SUV driver‘s view was obscured and that it would’ve been nearly impossible for the SUV to yield to the family, who ran directly into the path of the vehicle.

Comments (143)

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  • Dannowood
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:29pm

    The same thing happened to me on 35th ave. and Bell. Only difference was that there was no baby and the lady ran into the side of my pick-up because she was late for her bus. All I new was that I felt and heard a thump and saw the woman lying on the street from my rear veiw mirror. In the early morning hours on my way to work I instanty had an empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. The lady was unharmed thank God and admitted that it was her fault for the reason stated above. It dose not matter if the driver was cited or not, I know not one day will go by or every intersection he turns on that this incodent will be on his mind. I have been living with mine for about 15 years.

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  • alexegz30
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:28pm

    I see plenty of fault here on both parties and can’t see why the driver was let off with no charges. I’m sorry, but if I hit a hard bump in the road, my eyes are all over the place looking for the cause. If I hit a stroller with a child and the woman walking is on the driver’s side… I’d have slammed on the brakes and rushed out to see what had happened, not continued to drive. The police seriously believe that someone can drive over a child and stroller without noticing they’ve hit something?

    Definitely wrongdoing on both sides, regardless of nationality.

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Your making assumptions

      1) That a driver of an SUV that large will hear the impact, who‘s the say the stereo wasn’t loud
      2) That the driver meant to continue to drive away, the video doesn’t show enough to support that. Also, seeing a child go under the front of your car could cause some people to panic and take a few seconds to react.
      3) Imagine the child’s arm get rolled over, it’s easily broken. Now imagine it’s under the wheel and you slam on the breaks, changes are the child looses the arm.
      4) Do you think for sure the driver saw them ? From the camera’s angle, looked like it, but from the drivers perspective I’m not so sure !

      Have you ever driven an SUV that big, you realize the top of the hood is nearly 3 ft off the ground. I suspect the driver saw the mother and focused on her, not even realizing they were rolling over the child.

      Read English or not, what that mother did was foolish in every sense. I’ve seen hundreds of mother pushing strollers across streets, NEVER have I seen a mother run out into an intersection with the stroller way out in front of her like that.

      JMTC

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    • dr pepper
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Alex, please explain where there is fault by the SUV driver? If you only watched the mother and the SUV, then you missed both cars to the right of the SUV move through the intersection before the SUV made it to the white crossing line. That would suggest the SUV driver waited at least one count and probably two counts before accelerating. Would you have the same feelings for a driver of a car that had tried to cross the intersection through a red light?

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    • Dont-hate-on-me-2
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 5:12am

      your eyes are all over the place like useing your x-ray vision to see thru big ol mobile homes . doors and thru the solid mess of carpet and metal under your 5 foot high SUV. 6 foot high where the visual site starts if you know what i mean (for head relationship in the vehicle) sure i belive you. still agree that the driver saw nothing till too late and never saw the stroller. And for the people who say the driver didnt stop the driver did stop, but the damage was done. but the good news no-one was seriuosly hurt

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    • SinginRN
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 6:57am

      Hi Alex- I have viewed the video twice, and feel that the mother (pedestrian) was more at fault in this situation. As somebody else has pointed out, there were other cars that proceeded through the intersection before that black SUV started to move. Also, that white van to the left of the SUV was HUGE- it HAD to have obstructed that SUV driver’s view! I will concede that the van did not move at all, so perhaps THAT driver might have seen and yielded to those pedestrians.

      Just because the SUV was not shown to immediately stop on the screen does not necessarily mean that he/she did not stop at all. It is possible that you feel that charges might be justified against the driver because of a probable hit & run? Perhaps there is footage that has not been seen, coupled with accounts of the witnesses on the scene, that would explain why charges were not filed against the SUV driver.

      Enough has been said about that mother already. I will simply say that she was not being cautious enough. If I am crossing a busy road along Scottsdale, AZ with a stroller on hand, I better be ABSOLUTELY certain that there is enough time to start crossing the street.

      I am glad that the pedestrians are ok, but that could’ve been a very fatal outcome! I hope that many lessons had been learned that day.

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:26pm

    If you watch closely, this woman saw the light change……which is why she started to run across.
    And have no idea why the driver could not see them….unles her cell phone was in her way.

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:15pm

      Were you sitting beside the driver ?? No you were watching a video from a HIGHER perspective, a better perspective. But from even that perspective, the child was still hidden from view.

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:23pm

    If most of you are so called christians…..I am so happy that I am not.
    Or does your christianity only kick in at certain times? Shame on you who are joking about this.

    From the video, the woman was walking too slow to get across, and the driver didn’t bother to look first before going ahead. Both at fault.
    Even when the light turns green for me, I wait that extra few seconds to LOOK before I pull ahead. Common sense is just a wonderful thing to have and use.

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:13pm

      What are you talking about, she RAN out in front of the SUV.

      I agree, there’s many tasteless comments concerning this, but there’s just as many stupid ones !!

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:59pm

      I am a total believer-but I get stressed when people want to make “cute” remarks, get off subject,are are so critical when in reality we are getting sound bites and so little info that it is tough to make real judgements. I think the story was about a cop realizing the ticket was a mistake-for a reason. The camera showed why, and thank God everyone was o.k. Did I miss something?

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    • dr pepper
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:44pm

      Did you not notice both cars to the SUV’s right start to go before the driver of the SUV did? What was the mother thinking when she saw both of those cars move through the intersection? We have all been at a red light daydreaming and suddenly realized the light had changed and stepped on the gas. From the view we cannot tell how long the light had been green, but it was long enough for two cars to begin moving and the mother to be running .

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  • Frustrated
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:15pm

    They will sue and we will probably spend Billions on replacing all our signs to read spanish as well. Has everyone just gone stupid in this world?? She probably has 5 other kids at home so it didnt matter

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:15pm

    I wish I knew who her dentist was!!!!

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  • okiedokey
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:12pm

    Just looking for a payday…..

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  • NewCurmudgeon
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:11pm

    Come on people.. This was attempted murder and it’s plain to see.. The SUV driver was just trying to enforce AZ immigration policy the way the repub machine wants it done..

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:17pm

      See, there’s heartless comments and really stupid ones like the one this is a reply to. Simpleminded to say the least !!

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    • Kai Wan
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Just a typical dbagocrat post. he is a troll, pay no attention to the pos dbagocrat crowd.

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  • MyBalz
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:10pm

    She is a CRACK HEAD…LOOK AT THE FRONT TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • EJ1979
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:09pm

    She made it across the Rio, think they could handle walkin across the street, glad the rest of us didnt have to pay for any medical bills….

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  • rgalunas
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:08pm

    mircles still happen. just in wonderful ways!

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  • TheNewAmericanPatriot
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:07pm

    Honestly you people, what a bunch of Trolls…WHO CARES IF SHE’S MEXICAN!!! Her daughter got RUN OVER! Looking at the video, the driver (regardless or race/ethnicity) was in the right. I know that walk lights almost always allow sufficient enough time to get across, so if this lady was barely half way through when the traffic light turned green (usually a good 15-30 seconds after the walk light has already changed to “don’t walk”), she obviously was crossing against the light. No the driver is not at fault, EXCEPT that they did not bother to STOP AFTER RUNNING SOMEONE OVER! Where is the decency, the compassion?

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:04pm

      It is always the course of wisdom to look for any hazards coming your way BEFORE you enter an intersection, even if you have a green light.
      So many people try to beat the yellow light and enter the intersection just when their light goes red. YOU have to check to identify these red light runners before you enter on your green light. Safety first!

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:12pm

      Decency ???? Compassion ???

      Your kidding right ? Let‘s assume the stereo wasn’t on and the driver wasn’t distracted !! Ever heard of panic ? The video shows a whole 5 seconds !

      Assuming that person was heartless is simpleminded !

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    • Dont-hate-on-me-2
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 4:56am

      @old trucker
      Do you know how many truckers ive seen speeed thru a yellow or red light or just expecting also that ppl will give them the right of way cause of there size,or how bout how damn fast the drive in crappy weather they sure are careful and a dozen other things i can think of get off your hi horse, there is a reason they call it an accident. If the police highest officals issued a cit and later repealed it after close examination i have to agree with it being the women pushing the kid in the strollers fault . does anyone relize they are playing it in super slow motion after the first shot of it. This lady was crossing with her child as its been said 4 feet in front of her. and the light had to have been a dead red for the pedestrian.

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    • sodacrackers2
      Posted on May 22, 2011 at 8:53pm

      The article is a bit confusing. They say the driver didn’t stop but obviously she did or I am certain she would have gotten a citation for leaving the scene of an accident. They mom and child are very lucky to be alive.

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  • love the kids
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:05pm

    Signs and fences don’t apply to them, it said don’t walk, but who cares. They have a right to get to the other side of the street. I bet they sue because the sign wasn’t in Spanish.
    With all due respect, I thank God that they are all O.K., you have been blessed.

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  • Susan Harkins
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:56am

    Someone needs to translate to her that we do not ride ox carts and burros up here — that she needs to adjust better.

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Hahaha…..I went to Tijuana once and saw a man rolling down a busy highway in his wheelchair! They come from a different world, and they just don’t understand our society. I also lived in China for a while, and now I totally understand why Asian drivers are so awful in the US.

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  • Mahakala
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:53am

    Where’s ICE?

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  • ScreaminEagle
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:53am

    They‘re lucky it was’nt a Aprius (I think that‘s how it’s spelled).

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  • rightwingheroes
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:53am

    Too bad we’re not allowed to ask the driver if he is in our country legally. Gotta be PC.

    Hope and Change

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:36pm

      Awful lot of “illegal” comments on this thread. That’s pathetic.

      Yes, I favor stricter illegal immigration laws and wish our country would wise up on that issue, but this story is not about that. What the heck is wrong with the people reading the Blaze these days? I would have expected more from its readers.

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    • Jenny Lind
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:48pm

      thank you JJ-I have had the same thoughts.

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    • sikupnfed
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Yep, look at the wheels on that SUV. Dark windows, Che wheels. Gotta be illegal. LOL.

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  • Grapeknutz
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:49am

    Any bets that they bare illegal? ………just saying!

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  • pappy1
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:48am

    Bull!!!
    Charges were dismissed? Really!!! Ray Charles from the grave could have seen those people in time to stop. Thank God it wasn’t as bad as it might have been.

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    • enemy of the statist
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:53am

      I respectfully disagree.

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:08pm

      I’m also going to have to disagree. You have no idea what that looked or sounded like from the drivers perspective, maybe they only saw the mother and panic’d, not realizing the child was under the SUV. Even from our angle, which was better then the drivers, could you see the kid in front of the SUV ?

      The driver may have froze, but the mother is completely at fault for putting the driver in that position and putting her daughter’s life at risk.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:27pm

      Are you out of your mind??? I’ve been driving for 20 years and I can tell from the angle of the camera what it would look like from within the car and if the driver was paying attention he/she EASILY would have seen the mother standing within feet of their front left bumper. You don’t need to see a stroller to jam on the brakes when someone is that close to you, let alone tap them, which the driver DID NOT DO.

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 8:26pm

      I know when I have rolled over a 1″ stone. I think I would have noticed rolling over a stoller…and child.

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    • Dont-hate-on-me-2
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 4:38am

      I dont think the driver saw anything till the women tubbled past her drivers window and it looks like she turned slightly to the right to aviod running her over with the rear tires.The baby stroller bet you dollor to paso’s was never seen ..untill the lady got out and was confused by the women not making anysense, Finally the women driver if it was a women said english bit– do you speak it

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  • TheGoverness
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:46am

    Let’s definitely not err on the side of caution as we push our 4 y/o child in front of us! Let’s just run across the street and the last second!

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  • Untameable-kate
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:45am

    Maybe if the mother could read and speak English she would have known the sign was flashing DON’T WALK when she entered the cross walk.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:45am

    Soooooo, was she an illegal??? Does not speak english? My guess is yes….

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:44am

    I‘m glad they’re ok , but red is red & that’s why I hate tinted windows .

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    • BrianPat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:51pm

      Tinted Windows ??? Try reading slower, the light was GREEN !!

      The mother is solely at fault for running out into traffic with her child in lead.

      Judging without the correct facts ? You don’t want people on here to think your a liberal do you ?

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    • dr pepper
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 4:06pm

      How about “stupid is as stupid does”. To purposely run into moving traffic with your children is unconscionable! Before she started running (which means she was walking) through the intersection the two cars to the far right had cleared the intersection. Additionally, walking/running from around the front of a travel home is just as crazy and even more so seeing as the cars she was trying to cross in front of had a green light.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 9:11pm

      I’m NOT defending her , she‘s an idiot that’s why I said “red is red”
      My other comment was about tinted windows specially on SUV’s making it so difficult to see .
      That‘s why there’s a high number of people being run over by SUV’s even in there own driveway by other family members .
      I hope this woman learned her lesson not to cross into moving traffic .

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    • IX-XI
      Posted on May 22, 2011 at 5:26am

      Give the SUV driver a break. The light was green and he was just enforcing Arizona’s “draconian illegal immigrant policies.”

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:42am

    Mexican with no driver’s license.

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:50am

      The mother with the stroller …? Probably .. .I guess that is why we have all the signs with the symbols instead of words .. hows that working out?

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    • uisignorant
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Woman on her cell phone….

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  • Aaron in Polk County
    Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:41am

    When the sign says Walk, you Walk. Whe the sign says Don’t Walk, you Run.

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    • ISeeDanger.com
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:43am

      Sorry, but I couldn’t even push the play button.

      http://www.ISeeDanger.com

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    • enemy of the statist
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:51am

      I am glad that there were no major injuries, but his woman has no common sense! If you can‘t see the oncoming traffic then they can’t see you. The driver of the SUV was originally cited and would have kept that citation if there was no camera. And it could have been much worse for that innocent driver. Just imagine if it did turn out badly–how vilified that driver would have been. And probably charged with homicide. All because some dimwit pushes her innocent daughter 3 feet ahead of her into oncoming traffic.

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    • Moocephus
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:56am

      evidently they haven’t installed the espanol crosswalk signs. the city is to blame.

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    • LibzBane
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:58am

      Same – There is no gratification to be had from tragedy.

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    • siebegorman
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:05pm

      So, the SUV ran over these people by itself?

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    • D0ntTread0nMe
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:06pm

      Wow…look out!!!! OMG ya gotta be more careful with your kids people!!!! I‘m Sure in Mexico it’s easier to see the big ole buses coming….
      http://www.mythoughtsfromthemiddle.blogspot.com

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:33pm

      Does the mother read ENGLISH???

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:50pm

      The mother was not looking and neither was the driver. Both of them were at fault.
      It is so very fortunate that there were no serious injuries for both parties.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 12:51pm

      @Aaron in Polk:

      Dont Walk means just that…do not walk, or cross for that matter. The driver could not see them, so there is some midigating factors here for the SUV driver.

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:07pm

      The walk/ don‘t walk wasn’t in spanish.

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    • coladude
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:11pm

      You are spot on

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 1:21pm

      HOLY CRAP am I the only one to think there is something wrong here????????
      The driver NEVER tapped the breaks. The driver DROVE OVER A CHILD IN A STOLLER and did not stop????
      The driver didn’t see the mother using periphreal vision when the mother was practically knocking on the driver door????? Was that guy a sleep or what?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

      I don’t think it had anything to do with being able to read English, as most of these signs show a green walking figure or a red slash over the walking figure. You just have to be smart enough to understand a simple image and not walk out into traffic. In some places, they even have a count-down meter which tells you how much red light you have left. You don’t walk into traffic 20 seconds after it says to walk, because anyone knows the light will change. To try and run across when you see the traffic start moving is just plain ignorant. You step back to the curb. This lady is one thorn short of a cactus.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:07pm

      @JJ Koolay:

      I know that intersection where this happened, and the mother should have stopped at the island in the middle divider; this light takes two changes to cross for most people unless you literally take your own life into your hands by running the ‘dont walk; sign.

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    • Newt_Ca-Ching!_Rich!
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:13pm

      I agree with Arizona regarding states rights.

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    • Bloody Sam
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:21pm

      I don’t think these illegals understand the difference between the Walk and Do Not Walk signs.
      Her claim about having the Walk signal is bullcrap. The Walk signal changes WELL before the light goes green for drivers.
      And don’t get up in my face about “how do you know she’s illegal?”
      Gimme a break. Phoenix? No English skills?
      The town I live in is filled with illegal aliens from Guatemala, Peru and Brazil. All day long they traipse through traffic regardless of what color any of the traffic signals are. I have never seen one of them ever stop at a cross walk or even look before proceeding. It’s almost as if they want to get hit….knowing they have a pretty good chance of getting a nice court settlement and will never have to pay any money to a hospital. Rant over.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 2:44pm

      Assuming you can read and comprehend English…..

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:02pm

      No Habla Engles….

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    • LetUsReason
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:05pm

      Dang! Knocked the mother’s teeth clean out!

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    • Red Meat
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 3:42pm

      I guess this makes it official, the Blaze is now the Allen West, Chris Cristie, HCain fan club AND the National Enquirer rolled all into one. Congrats!

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    • Dont-hate-on-me-2
      Posted on May 21, 2011 at 4:29am

      I am willing to bet she started walking across just as the flashy hand that means dont walk to most people hand came on. Im sry the child got run over im afriad your mother just was’nt paying attention either but nothing excuses stupidty. Glad the kid was ok. Glad the driver stopped and glad the cit was removed.

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on May 22, 2011 at 5:54am

      ISeeDanger.com
      Posted on May 20, 2011 at 11:43am
      Sorry, but I couldn’t even push the play button.
      _________________________

      Me either. Couldn’t even go to the pages about the dogs. Stuff like this hurts my heart and my Mother wanted me to be a nurse, NO WAY.

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