Vehicle Assault | School attack | Accident | Elderly Suspect
August 29, 2012 In Los Angeles, elderly 100-year-old Preston Carter says his brakes failed and lost control of his Caddilac when he backed out of a supermarket onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside a South Los Angeles elementary school. Nine children and two adults were injured in the wreck. It was being investigated as an accident, and Carter was not charged or arrested and had a valid licence.
It was compared to the 2003 incident at open-air market in Santa Monica where ten people were killed and 63 injured after he said he mistook the gas pedal for his brake. Another elderly driver backed up over a group of people at a Florida country club and killed 3, inuring 5.
s pulling out of the grocery store parking lot, but instead of backing into the street, he backed onto the sidewalk, police Capt. George Rodriguez said. "I think it was a miscalculation on his part. The gentleman is elderly," Rodriguez said. "Obviously he is going to have some impairment on his decision making."
Preston Carter says his brakes failed
Carter talked to television reporters after the crash some five miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, telling them he will be 101 years old Sept. 5. "My brakes failed. It was out of control," Carter told KCAL-TV. Police said Thursday they planned to inspect Carter's vehicle, including testing the brakes. Asked about hitting the children, he said: "You know I'm sorry about that. I wouldn't do that for nothing on earth. My sympathies for them."
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