7-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured in Dirt Bike Accident
In Palm Bay, FL a 7-year-old boy was seriously injured when the dirt bike he was riding was hit by a pickup truck. The accident occurred when the boy reportedly ran a stop sign and attempted to make a left turn at an intersection when a Ford F-150 driving in the opposite direction collided with the boy’s bike. The boy was ejected from the bike and rolled 20 feet and stopped in the roadway.
The victim was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident and he suffered severe head trauma and a chest injury. Police stated the dirt bike was not street legal and should only be driven on private property by a licensed rider.
Young children are often the victims of many automobile accidents either as pedestrians or passengers in the vehicles involved. In this incident, the dirt bike the 7-year-old boy was riding should not have been close to the road and the boy should have been monitored by a licensed rider in order to ensure his safety. Regardless of the size of the vehicle, a 7-year-old child should not be allowed to ride a dirt bike or any other potentially dangerous vehicle alone and should always be with an adult. Motorcycles and dirt bikes present a serious danger to adult riders that have the proper training.
The potential danger is dramatically increased for a child because of their inability to properly control the vehicle. Even if a parent shows a child how to ride a dirt bike safely, it does not take the place of proper training and a child is not properly licensed to be riding the vehicle. Only people that are licensed should be allowed to ride motor vehicles of any kind. This incident could easily have been avoided if the boy’s parents or guardians had prevented him from riding the dirt bike especially because the boy was not licensed to ride it and because he was riding in an area that is considered illegal to ride the dirt bike. If the boy had been monitored, his safety would not have been compromised in this accident.
