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Girl Hiding In Leaf Pile Dies After Dad Parks Car On Her :(

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:49 pm
by southerngale
This is so heartbreaking...made me cry. :(


METHUEN, Mass. -- A 10-year-old girl was killed when her father parked his truck in a pile of leaves in which she and a friend were hiding, the family said. The other girl was seriously injured.

Family members said 36-year-old construction worker James Gravel did not know he had run over the girls until he got out and heard daughter Natalie calling him.

"She said, 'Daddy, I can't breathe,"' said Gravel's sister, Jennifer Gravel.

Natalie died at a hospital of head and chest injuries. Eight-year-old Meredith Reid was in critical condition Thursday.

Police said no charges were planned.

Gravel's two other children, ages 11 and 7, were in the truck at the time.

http://www.wftv.com/news/3890704/detail.html

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:06 pm
by rainstorm
yikes

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:18 pm
by SouthernWx
Those precious little girls :( :( :( :( :( :(

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:03 am
by weatherlover427
Oh man that is horrible :( Hope the other girl recovers. :cry:

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:00 am
by Miss Mary
I heard this story break on the car radio - how terribly sad. It broke my heart. I'm sure this dad is just devastated.

Mary

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:42 am
by DaylilyDawn
Such a tragedy! It wouldn't surprise me if he commits sucide over this later.

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:13 am
by CaptinCrunch
:cry:

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:53 am
by furluvcats
OMG....how awful....:( Can you imagine the guilt this man will forever feel? The poor sweet little girls...Lets please send prayers out to their families...

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:35 pm
by TexasStooge
Horrible news!!

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:15 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
:cry: Makes me cry too :( :cry:

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:03 pm
by yoda
So sad! :cry: :cry: :cry:

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 6:22 pm
by Rainband
:cry: :cry: :cry: