What's your opinion?

Question

2 children are in the back of a jeep at night. They were 3 adults. They were riding in the mud. The jeep is covered in mud. The jeep gets stuck. The adults go for help and leave the jeep running. One child dies and the other is sickened from carbon monoxide poisoning. (9 & 11 years old) The adults were in the area. It happened quickly. It's a tragic accident but do you place any blame on any of the adults? Could this have been avoided at all?

Answer 1

why did all 3 adults have to go for help

Answer 2

YES,THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM ALL.FOR HELP DON'T LEAVE THEM ALONE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING,THIS IS THE RESULTS FROM BEING STUPID.NO COMMON SENSE HERE.

Answer 3

Leave the kids for someone else to steal them this time and age?  NO.  Unless the children were severely hurt and couldn't be moved themselves is the only time you leave an accident.  IT doesn't sound like an accident, it sounds just like they were stuck.  And if they were mudding, they should have known how to get out by using  nearby materials like wood, large limbs, using a tow on the front of the jeep, etc.  You don't go mudding without  the correct 'tools' right?  DUH, it's like being out on the water w/out a flare or enough gas to get back to the dock.  Or going fishing w/out bait or a pole.

THINK. And a Jeep -- Everyone knows a Jeep isn't that seal proof. DUH.  It's  JEEP.  IT's not made that way.  Those canvas covers it has for windows, etc, aren't like hard windows today.  But even if it's the newere model jeep, still, it takes a long time for carbon monoxide poisioning OUTSIDE in the opening.   With the wind blowing and all.   Now they have to pay for their mistakes.  It's horrible.  They will have to live with it for the rest of their lives now.  What a horrible scar to have to live with.  The way people are today, you never know, it sounds like they may have wanted to get rid of them. who knows.  People do crazy things today.  But it's just aweful.  Something just doesn't sound right.  Mothers just don't leave their children in their right minds.  I don't care how things go.  IT's NOT NATURAL for a Mother to leave her child, it's just not.  Even the Bible says this.

Answer 4

Those adults should have NEVER left the children alone. Yes its their fault.

Answer 5

YES!!! Why didnt the kids go with them!! The adults are idiots!!! the children can not be left alone...no matter the age!!

Answer 6

If this is true, The adults shoud have turned off the engine,

and left two adults to take care of the children while one

goes for help.

Answer 7

of course it could have been avoided and all 3 of the adults should be tried for it. So tragic

Answer 8

Charge the adults with involuntary manslaughter plain and simple, murder would be better but I dont think it would stick and either way they need some time in prison to think of what they did, sorry to here about this.

Answer 9

No criminal intent it seems here...Child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter would be very appropriate...Hard to prosecute poor judgment in this case...It is very apparent that the adults knew nothing of the operational characteristics of the vehicle - that a vehicle can be lethal even when its not moving...Neither the government nor the manufacturers put any emphasis on the dangers of motor vehicles...It is up to the drivers to figure it out for themselves.

Blame could be placed with the driver, the manufacturer and the federal government (NHTSA)

Answer 10

You never leave kids that young alone period.  One of the adults should have stayed with the kids just for general safety.  The idea of leaving the car running with kids in it just makes me shudder, again an adult should have stayed.

Not only could it have been avoided, it should have been avoided by common sense.

Answer 11

Tragic.  I am not going to judge them but I would NEVER leave my child in a vehicle.

Answer 12

I AM NOT ONE TO JUDGE,BUT TO DIE FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISIN TAKES A WHILE,PLUS WHY DID ALL 3 ADULTS GO AND LEAVE 2 CHILDREN ,AND WHY DID THEY LEAVE JEEP RUNNING???????DOES NOT SOUND LIKE NO ACCIDENT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOD BLESS THOSE CHILDREN !!!!!!!!!!!!!