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5-year-old dies after being hit by car.


Byline: Winston Ross Ross , Sir Ronald 1857-1932.

British physician. He won a 1902 Nobel Prize for proving that malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the mosquito.
 The Register-Guard

WALTON - A barefoot bare·foot   also bare·foot·ed
adv. & adj.
With nothing on the feet: walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy.
 5-year-old boy died on the shoulder of Highway 126 in the Coast Range on Sunday evening after a car struck him as he tried to cross the road.

The accident happened about 6 p.m. near Siuslaw Road and the Whittaker Creek Recreation Site. The woman who struck him was headed west, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a witness in the vehicle behind her.

The boy was identified as Tyler Basel of Elmira, according to the Oregon State Police.

The boy's mother, her boyfriend and her three children had car problems and were stopped on the road. They had flagged down a passing minivan and crossed the road to talk with the occupants, according to police. Then Tyler ran around the front of the minivan and into the road, where he was struck.

The highway where the accident occurred has several turns with only two lanes and a narrow shoulder.

As rescuers attempted CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac
, the boy's mother held his small foot and sobbed, screaming "Please don't give up. Fight, baby, c'mon Tyler, don't give up" and "Who hit him? I want to know who hit him."

The woman who struck him stood nearby, her own face a picture of remorse Remorse
See also Regret.

Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience)

Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit.
.

"He ran right out in front of me," said the woman, who would only identify herself as Kristina. "I'm not saying nothing until the police come."

Coburg's Patrick Crain described what he saw.

"I was right behind her. I saw her hit something. I heard a thump. I pulled over as fast as I could," Crain said. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party.
 what they were doing in the road."

No one has been charged in the accident.

Reporter Jim Feehan contributed to this report.
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Title Annotation:Accidents; Rescuers fail to resuscitate the boy, who was struck while crossing Highway 126
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Jul 26, 2004
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