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2 ejected into bay -- boy lost
3-year-old rescued in bridge accident


Two young boys riding in a minivan on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge were ejected from the vehicle and hurled off the bridge into San Francisco Bay on Tuesday in a bizarre crash that left one boy missing and presumed dead.

A 3-year-old boy was pulled out of the water and rushed to a hospital, but rescuers found no trace of a 4-year-old boy who vanished in the water.

The younger boy was rescued when a passenger in the minivan, 31-year-old Jorge Lopez, jumped 15 feet from the bridge into the bay to help the boys, authorities said. Lopez was able to grab one boy. A private tow-truck driver who happened to be on the bridge at the time used equipment on his truck to lift Lopez and the boy to safety, authorities said.

Emergency crews arrived at the scene and searched by helicopter and boat for the 4-year-old boy. But after several hours, they suspended the effort, saying there was no way the boy could have survived.

The accident was reported at 3:09 p.m. in the eastbound lanes on the eastern span of the bridge. The white Mercury minivan, carrying four adults and three children, smashed into the bridge railing on the right shoulder, knocking out two rear windows and ejecting the two boys into the water below on the south side of the bridge. After the impact, the van swerved across three lanes and came to rest against the median barrier.

"It was a solo vehicle accident," said Christian Oliver, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol. "It's not clear why the driver lost control and struck the south side of the bridge.''

A third boy who was riding in the van, a 5-year-old, was injured and rushed to Children's Hospital Oakland along with the rescued 3-year-old. The children were not identified.

Authorities identified the driver as Carolina Chavarin, 33, of San Mateo. Chavarin and the three adult passengers in the van, Lopez, Carlos Angulo, 32, and Maria Barraza, 3o, all of San Mateo, were taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley with injuries.

Oliver said the CHP is investigating whether criminal charges are warranted against Chavarin because the three boys were not buckled in properly. State law requires that any child younger than 6 or lighter than 60 pounds must ride in a child safety seat.

"We'd like to think that there's no excuse for people not knowing the law, '' he said. "It's an absolute tragedy, and it's a reminder for parents to make their kids are (buckled in) properly."

By sunset, the 4-year-old boy, described as wearing a yellow shirt, was still missing. The U.S. Coast Guard was searching the area with a 41-foot boat and a helicopter. Several other police agencies sent their patrol boats to the scene to assist.

"The weather is cooperative,'' said Oliver, briefing reporters at the bridge toll plaza. "We're not dealing with choppy water. (But) the bay is always cold."

By 7:30 p.m., the Coast Guard called off the search, saying the probability of the boy surviving in the chilly waters for that length of time was remote.

"The search has been suspended," said Petty Officer Gabriel Flescher. "The California Highway Patrol incident command will be taking another look upon daylight."

Relatives waiting at Children's Hospital declined to comment. A spokeswoman at Eden said the family wanted no information released.

Oliver said the boys fell 10 to 15 feet from the span. The water near the bridge varies from about 8 to 14 feet, according to authorities.


fucking idiots....
the three boys were not buckled in properly.
:(
 
This is going to sound racist but it only applys to children and car seats so anyways:

When I heard this on the radio this morning, I commented to my wife, "how did I know they were Mexican?"

I don't know how many times I have seen parents who appear to be Mexican riding around with their children on their lap or jumping around in the back seat.

I cringe evertime I see it and feel very sorry for those children.
 
i heard about this ALL night while i was at work. I was listening to 810AM KSGO

its sad.. they said the mom saw the kid floating face down.. man i bet thats a memory that will never disapear.. i feel bad..
 
Sux. Lesson: strap your kids in if you love them, elst possibly feel real bad for a long time and maybe even go to jail.
 
how about not losing control of one's vehicle, that would be a good practice as well, nu?
 
Ya, but things happen.... blow out, something in the road way..... that's why we have seat belts, for the unexpected. For the accidents, not the on purposes
 
That is sad, I told my wife the same thing as well. Probably a Mexican family, I hardly ever see car seats and the kids are climbing all around in the car.

Also the thing that drives me crazy, when I see little kids in the front seat of a vehicle that have air bags. I guess people don't read the warning signs in their vehicles.
 
Shotline said:
This is going to sound racist but it only applys to children and car seats so anyways:

When I heard this on the radio this morning, I commented to my wife, "how did I know they were Mexican?"

I don't know how many times I have seen parents who appear to be Mexican riding around with their children on their lap or jumping around in the back seat.

I cringe evertime I see it and feel very sorry for those children.

Yeah, I said that too.. I think that other countries don't stress seat belts enough.
 
Shotline said:
This is going to sound racist but it only applys to children and car seats so anyways:

When I heard this on the radio this morning, I commented to my wife, "how did I know they were Mexican?"

I don't know how many times I have seen parents who appear to be Mexican riding around with their children on their lap or jumping around in the back seat.

I cringe evertime I see it and feel very sorry for those children.

I know what you mean, a co-worker told me about it this am, and I asked, "Were they hispanic?"
 
Should you be surprised??

The woman who was behind the wheel of a minivan that ejected a still-missing 4-year-old boy from the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge into San Francisco Bay did not have a driver's license, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said Wednesday.

Carolina Chavarin, 33, of San Mateo, was driving the minivan that crashed into the bridge's right shoulder Tuesday afternoon

No Drivers License
 
saw her own child floating face down below?


and just watched?



what the fuck!?
 
Shotline said:
Either or, six of one, half dozen of another, you say potatoe I say potatoe......you get my point.

Well, not to bastardize the thread and make it a race issue, (and I get your point), but it's unfair to generalize one's appearance (be it name, looks, whatever) as a specific ethnic group.

There is a difference between Mexicans and other hispanic cultures...

I think there are other reasons involved than them being hispanic that lead to this tragedy. I don't know them.

If the reason the kids flew out of the car were because the family was hispanic, what does this say about hispanics overall?

In other words, what's the point of pointing out that they are hispanic?

WHAT'S THE POINT? No one benefits from your observation.
 
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Kensaku said:
Well, not to bastardize the thread and make it a race issue, (and I get your point), but it's unfair to generalize one's appearance (be it name, looks, whatever) as a specific ethnic group.

There is a difference between Mexicans and other hispanic cultures...

I think there are other reasons involved than them being hispanic that lead to this tragedy. I don't know them.

If the reason the kids flew out of the car were because the family was hispanic, what does this say about hispanics overall?

In other words, what's the point of pointing out that they are hispanic?

WHAT'S THE POINT? No one benefits from your observation.

As you say, it was an observation. The observation is that mexican/hispanic people don't appear to put their young children in child restraints while riding in cars.

Perhaps if a hispanic person with small children reads this they will realize that there is truth in it and start properly restraining their children while riding in cars.

I don't think it has anything to do with their ethnicity, I think it is their culture.
 
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