Police have seized the vehicle. An independent mechanic will inspect the ATV to see if a mechanical problem resulted in the four-wheeler going off the road.

No doubt vehicle mechanical problems are checked for so the family can sue the manufacturer for megabucks, right? They prefer to jump to the conclusion that the vehicle was bad, that "operator error" might not be the case with a small child operating the thing. Boggles the mind, doesn't it?

It's so difficult to raise a child to adulthood, even in our modern age. And then you hope you have equipped them well enough to stay alive and given them an example to enable them to raise their children wisely and safely. The systemic inability to raise children with common sense can in part be attributed to grandparents who were lacking crucial information to pass on to their children. And now they're overseeing grandkids on the weekends. Kids they can afford to pamper more than they could pamper their own children when they were growing. I suspect a social examination of this problem would find many gaps in the cultural knowledge that needs to be remembered and reinforced to enable that village to raise that child successfully.

SRS