Multiple Injuries at Day Care Center in Kansas City

Image: Shane Keyser, Kansas City Star

A two-vehicle crash into a Kansas City day care center this afternoon injured three children. The Kansas City Star reported that two of the children were pinned under a vehicle.

Thanks to Helen Sullivan, APR, Fellow PRSA, the International Parking Institute's communications counsel, for the heads-up and link to the CNN video.

No details yet about any charges or investigation results, as it's still an active scene as I click the 'publish' button on SFC. This accident, coincidentally, occurred around the same time today when I was on the phone with Storefront Safety Council co-founder Rob Reiter talking about vehicle-into-building crashes generally being a threat to child safety — not only at day care centers. Very weird timing. More on this topic in the near future.

Teen Parking Manual Out from IPI & AAA

Thanks to the International Parking Institute for letting me contribute tips on how to prevent a vehicle-into-building crash for its just-released parking education manual for teen drivers. You'll find 'Avoiding a Pain in the Glass' on page 5 of the PDF manual, which is available for free download at parking.org.

IPI teamed with AAA Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Safety and Education Foundation, affiliated with AAA, to publish the booklet that educates teen drivers about how to park. IPI launched the collaboration because 70 percent of all vehicular crashes involve parking incidents. The How to Park manual is "designed to boost parking maneuvering skills along with insights to encourage greater respect for parking enforcement, and it concludes with a suggestion that high schoolers consider careers in parking! A publicity campaign targeted at teen media and driver education instructors is planned," said IPI.