Let it be proposed that all future four wheel drive demonstration/competition shows be prohibited.
The 6-year-old Puyallup boy who died after being struck in the head by a metal object at a monster-truck show at the Tacoma Dome was a “kid’s kid” who loved trucks and dirt.
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Promoters of the truck show say they haven’t determined what caused the metal object to fly into the grandstands Friday night, striking Sebastian’s head.
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Sebastian was pronounced dead at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office reported Saturday. An autopsy will take place today.
Sebastian’s family issued a statement saying the boy suffered severe brain trauma when he was hit by a 7- to-12-pound, Frisbee-sized metal ring from a truck.
The statement said the family “is grief-stricken and angry.”
As well they should be, the Monster Truck lobbyists and their assault trucks should be immediately banned and future events immediately cancelled until proper legislation can be passed that will mandate that half-price children’s seats promotions be outlawed. Without these new regulations, the Big Truck lobby has been able to attract more and more victims over the years, which can lead to an addiction to large wheeled, earth murdering vehicles whose only function is to destroy other vehicles, including school buses.
What kind of message is this vulgar display of horsepower sending to our children.
For years, working people have had to fear for their lives at these events, which people are only able to attend because of the Monster Truck Loophole that exists because of the excessive profits the show promoters are allowed to make.
We must stop this now.
(you may think this is a joke, and my words are. but I’m not making light of this boy’s death. Watch for this and other automotive exhibits/racing/performances to be banned within the next decade under a Democrat executive/legislative power.)