I was standing in front of our shop yesterday afternoon, when I saw 2 kids starting to cross the street. Our street is 3 lane and the 2 far lanes had stopped. The kids were rushing to cross the street when I saw a car in the closest lane go by and saw that their paths were going to meet. Sure enough, the car hit the first child and I just screamed,,, I could not believe what I saw. Our son ran out of the shop and saw what happened and ran to help in any way he could. As he got there, he saw it was his son,,, my grandson. We both went crazy,,, I sunk to the ground and screamed, as I heard him scream,,, "that's my son,, that's my son". One of the first cars which had stopped to let the kids pass was a police car and they saw the whole event. They stopped traffic and an ambulance was there within 5 minutes. The person who hit my grandson was completely innocent and was devastated. They lifeflighted him to Childrens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at this writing, he has a fractured skull,,, is really beat up, but has a 100% chance of complete recovery. I will have nightmares for the rest of my life of what I saw yesterday, but I thank the Lord,,, he will be fine. Life changes in an instant.

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

That's horrible. I'm glad to hear he'll be OK.

I'll pray for a speedy and complete recovery.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

Wow. My eyes are watering up reading this. I am glad he has is expected to recover 100%. That is the most important thing.

My prayers are with him.

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2009 ML320 Bluetec
1985 300CD
1981 300TD

Past Mercedes
1979 300TD
1982 300TD
2000 E320 4Matic Wagon
1998 E430
1984 300SD
1980 300SD

OMG! I can't imagine experiencing that. I'm hoping for a swift recovery for your grandson.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Not good to hear about the collision. Good to hear that he will recover. It could have been much worse.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Wow, that is just terrible. I cannot imagine how horrible that must have been for you and your son, and I really hope your grandson recovers well both physically and emotionally; I'm sure it was terrifying for him. Also hope the person who hit him can recover emotionally ... that is one of my worst nightmares as a driver.

It's a blessing that the policeman was there and that the ambulance got there so fast. It's amazing what those folks do every day.

My thoughts are with you and your family.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

holy ****


i am so sorry you had to see that.

100% recovery is a good thing though. you got really lucky.

my prayers are with you and your family

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Current
2006 E320 CDI, 57K bought at 67K "Liesl"
1986 190E 2.3-16, 198K bought at 56K "Brigitta"
1987 300TD (Chuggin Along), 292K "Friedrich"
1995 E320 Wagon, 200K "Louisa"

Past
1987 300SDL, (sold) 125K, bought for 1$ "Kurt"

I wish you, your family and the little boy well, and they will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Also thanking the Police and EMT responders silently, and thinking also, even about the driver of the car that hit him, as innocent as you said he was, that he does not suffer over this either.


I hope the recovery is 100% perfect and very quick.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Words fail me...

Please know your little one, your son and you and the rest of your family are in my thoughts...

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Wow!!! That IS a very scary story!!!

What a blessing that he will make a full recovery!!!

While I'm not related, that story will haunt me too!!!

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

My thoughts and prayers are with you guys. Your grandson got off lucky. He will be able to tell his kids about the day he was hit by a car! How old is he?

My kid can tell his kids about the day his dad backed the car over him. Kids have a wonderful way of bouncing back from this type of thing.

Probably the one who needs the most help is your son. I am sure he aged 20 years in an instant.

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Kids and automobiles never mix well............

Thankfully, the guy wasn't doing 40.........

Glad he's going to be OK

Very shocking but I am glad to see that he survived and hope this never repeats again with anyone.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

OMG my prayers are with your grandson for a speedy recovery!

I have seen accidents like this almost happen a number of times in the center of town. Its two lanes on one side of the green and one car will stop, but the other wont. Adults usualy figure on this and look, but kids, they don't! A 5 year old died a few years ago because of this.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Glad to hear he'll recover completely.

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1984 300TD