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8-year-old Troy girl killed when she loses control of car she was driving
Topeka Capitol-Journal ^ | 11/23/15 | Phil Anderson

Posted on 11/23/2015 4:09:50 PM PST by DoodleDawg

An 8-year-old girl who was behind the wheel of a car — with her grandfather in a passenger seat — was killed Sunday afternoon when she lost control of the vehicle and crashed in Doniphan County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the young victim as Cadence Orcutt, of Troy.

According to the patrol’s website, the crash occurred at 4:48 p.m. Sunday at 175th and Peck Road, about 2 miles west of Wathena.

The patrol said Cadence was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt west on 175th when she lost control of the car and overcorrected to the left.

The car then left the roadway and went down an embankment, where it overturned and landed on its top.

Cadence, who the patrol said wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.cjonline.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: traffic
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To: DoodleDawg

The grandfather was an idiot for taking her out on the highway, but country roads that aren’t used a lot are fine, imo.


21 posted on 11/23/2015 4:35:42 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: jwalsh07

I let my kids sit on my lap and steer my truck. They can’t reach the pedals yet heh.

This story is absurd though.


22 posted on 11/23/2015 4:36:28 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Timpanagos1

I don’t know if the guilty grandpa was her father or FIL, but many would have been calling her a parent for not letting the girl spend time with her grandpa.

We don’t know how characteristic of gramps this move was.


23 posted on 11/23/2015 4:39:24 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I hope this isn’t the same 8 year old who was given the uzi to shoot on the shooting range and killed the instructor.


24 posted on 11/23/2015 4:43:31 PM PST by heavy12773
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To: heavy12773

Uzi come, Uzi go.


25 posted on 11/23/2015 4:44:47 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: DoodleDawg

I learned to drive when I was about 10 at a neighbors place.

1967. This kid was a free spirit a couple of years older than me whose dad had an old 1957 Dodge with a Hemi and push button shifter.

They had about 15 acres, some lawn, some trails in the woods.

It was great. I would never have driven on the road.


26 posted on 11/23/2015 4:46:05 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: Bulwyf

When my son was about four, I’d let him sit on my lap behind the wheel to “steer.” This was in our Explorer with the auto transmission shifter on the column. I’d surreptitiously put my foot on the brake to release the shifter, put it in drive, and say “See how easy it is? Your turn.” I’d quietly take my foot off the brake and, of course, he couldn’t move the shift lever no matter how hard he tried. It was real hard keeping a straight face. I eventually confessed and explained to him how things worked and why. He still loves to tell the story how I tricked him 20 years later.


27 posted on 11/23/2015 4:54:31 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Heh, ya that’s a good one. I have a one ton diesel, you don’t need the brake to move shifter around, so I need to be careful.

My son is 8, and he’s already a careful driver.


28 posted on 11/23/2015 4:59:30 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: jwalsh07
I let the grandkids "drive" (steer, actually) the tractor, idling in loI can slap the shuttle-shift into neutral at a moment's notice -- but I've never had to.

They pick up steering very easily, and the ones who can reach the pedals, when belted in, soon learn to brake.

I even let the older ones drive down the gravel road on the place in 2nd or 3rd gear, with the throttle advanced a bit -- but I'm still on board to "hit the kill switch"...

On a public road? In a car or truck? No way!!

29 posted on 11/23/2015 5:39:15 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: jocon307
Without a seat belt even! I remember our dad letting us sit on his lap and “steer”.

I read where a parent or two did that and had a collision that was just enough to set off the air bag, which inflated and crushed the kid.

30 posted on 11/23/2015 5:41:56 PM PST by Oatka (ES)
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To: Oatka

Well I am sufficiently old that air bags were not an issue!


31 posted on 11/23/2015 5:47:26 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Mercat
Was he drunk?

He will be for the rest of his life, short may it be.

32 posted on 11/23/2015 6:13:42 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: jwalsh07

Many farmers have their kids driving in the fields. Her mother said it was a gravel road, so I assume rural. I will not judge the grandfather. I am sure this family is hurting enough.


33 posted on 11/23/2015 6:23:24 PM PST by mouse1
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To: Jonty30

states it was a gravel road.


34 posted on 11/23/2015 6:25:42 PM PST by mouse1
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To: DJ MacWoW

Beautiful. Thanks.


35 posted on 11/23/2015 6:33:22 PM PST by A Cyrenian (Don't worry about stuffing the bus or filling the fridge. Try filling the Church.)
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To: mouse1

If it was a relatively unused gravel road, it may not have been his fault. It all depends on how busy the road is normally.

Yes, he took a risk, but it might have been on a road that normally doesn’t see anybody in any 12 hour period.


36 posted on 11/23/2015 7:51:28 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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