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Riley, IMPD Partner on Child Safety Initiative
05/14/2008
Indianapolis - Please join Dr. Tres Scherer, medical director of Riley Hospital for Children's Pediatric Regional Trauma Center, and Chief Michael T. Spears, commander of the Indianapolis Police Department, as they officially launch the 2008 Kids dart. Drive smart. campaign.
| WHEN: | Thursday, May 15 2:00 pm |
| WHERE: | Riley Hospital for Children - Atrium Lobby 702 Barnhill Dr. |
The Kids dart. Drive smart. campaign is an innovative, grassroots child safety initiative designed to protect child pedestrians, who frequently are injured by motorists.
More than 44,000 child pedestrians were injured in the U.S. during 2006, the most recent year for which figures are available. From 1999-2005, the nation saw 7,299 pedestrian fatalities among children 17 years of age and younger. Indiana children accounted for 128 of those deaths.