A traffic accident in Florida today apparently had a truck running off of the road and hitting several people next to a broken down car. Hit three children, killed two outright, one is hospitalized.

The worst place in the world is to stand near a broken down car on a highway. I stopped to aid a couple of women who collided on the morning rush and the cars weren't drivable. I made both of them get out (they were uninjured) and climb over the guard rail and stand back until the fire trucks and tow trucks got there. My pickup, stopped in front (not behind) them was to the side, blinkers going, but was still a target for an inattentive driver. Lucky no one was hurt and no more property damaged. Those women were going to sit in their cars in the lane and wait for help. Bad idea.

A teenager was hit trying to run across the freeway in west Fort Worth last week. In an area where there was a nearby overpass. The driver fled, so the death is listed as a homicide. The driver wouldn't have been charged if he/she had stopped, because pedestrians have no business on the freeway. I used this story (I thought of it as my 15-year-old and I drove past the spot) to illustrate to my son why he should never attempt such a crossing, and why you have to stop to render aid if you have an accident. It went from being an accident to being a crime because the driver didn't stop. I had his attention, and I hope it sunk in.

SRS