I'm sure he would not have been any less seriously injured had he been struck by a speeding hybrid vehicle, a truck or even run over by a chariot. Why if an SUV is involved is the vehicle reported as if it had something to do with the accident?
"Why if an SUV is involved is the vehicle reported as if it had something to do with the accident?"
Because the SUV, as well as those who drive them, are deemed insufficiently "progressive," and are therefore targeted for ritual denunciation.