Or another one,not such a happy ending.
COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) - Two children remain in the hospital after the bike trailer they were riding in was hit by a car.
Columbus police say the children were in a trailer attached to their mother, Stacy Wart’s, bike. The children’s father was riding behind them, down 25th street, near Lockerbie around 9:45pm Wednesday night, when a car hit them.
At last check, 3-year-old Emily continues to be in serious condition. Her 2-year old brother, Vincent has been upgraded from serious to fair condition. Their mother, Stacy was treated for back injuries in a Columbus hospital and was released Wednesday night.
24-Hour News 8 spoke with Tanya Brown, the woman who was first on the scene.
“I was standing on my front porch and could see the family coming down 25th Street. People ride and walk here all the time, so I thought nothing of it," she said. I turned away to walk back into the house and before I could close the door, I heard a big bang. I knew exactly what had happened.”
A black BMW had hit the trailer carrying the children. A witness driving behind the black BMW told police that the driver of that car swerved just before impact, but had seen the trailer too late.
“I ran over to the little boy," Brown said. "He wasn’t moving, he wasn’t crying, nothing. His mouth was full of blood. I had to calm his mother down because she was afraid he was dead, but I saw that he was still breathing.”
Brown drew upon her 22 years of medical experience. She lives across the street from a fire station, and medics ran over immediately.
The boy and his sister were both taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital.
Columbus Public Information Officer Joe Richardson said a reconstruction team is working to analyze the accident. He also says speed on the driver’s part is not likely a factor.
“It's too early to place blame on anyone here. We’re still investigating. But it might just be really bad timing on everyone’s part,” he said.
Police said the mother, Stacy Wart, told them she put helmets on the two children before they rode. Police are still investigating whether reflectors or blinking lights were attached to the back of the trailer.
Sometimes, safety measures aren’t enough. John Casen, a bike repairman at Bicycle Station in Columbus, told 24-Hour News 8 about an instance in the fall 2009 when he was hit while pulling his two kids in a trailer.
“We were climbing up the hill,” Casen said. “We were in a long train. It was me, then one of my kids on a trailer bike hooked up to mine, then we had the cart/trailer hooked up behind her. The woman in the Corvette still hit us!”
Casen blames it on drivers’ complacency and their unwillingness to share the road. He fears it happened again – this time to a family with young children.
24-Hour News 8 attempted to contact the family, who continues to stay in Indianapolis with their hospitalized children. They declined to comment.
Or as legal as any kit bike can be. But why bring that up - what's that got to do with the topic?
