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Study - USA - Minivans and trucks, pose greater risk of backing over children in driveways
Shows up to 2 1/2 times greater risk than cars
Salt Lake City,UT,USA -EurekAlert-press release (Washington,DC) -5 June 2006: -- Every year Utah children are seriously injured and killed when they're hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. But a child is up to 2 ½ times more likely to be backed over by a minivan or truck than by a car, according to a University of Utah study... In the first report of its kind, University researchers found children are 2.4 times more likely to be struck by a van and 53 percent more likely to be hit by a truck than by a car... The study, conducted by the U's Intermountain Injury Control Center, also found children hit by high-profile vehicles, such as trucks, SUVs or minivans, are more likely to require hospitalization, surgery, and treatment in an intensive care unit than children backed over by cars...
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