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Maria Sue Chapman was taken by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt Hospital, which confirmed her death, according to Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The 5-year-old was hit by an SUV driven by her teenage brother. The teen was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser down the driveway of the rural home at about 5:30 p.m. and several children were playing in the area, McPherson said. He did not see Maria in the driveway before the vehicle struck her, she said.
"It appears to be a terrible accident," McPherson said.
Several family members reportedly witnessed the accident, which occurred in Williamson County, just north of Nashville.
It's so sad to hear about any child's life being lost. As you probably know, Chapman is an award-winning Christian singer and advocate of international adoption. He has 6 children, 3 of which were girls adopted from China.
While I agree this is a tragic accident, I have to wonder how something like this can happen.
Reports indicate that several people were outside where the accident occured.
Why would children be allowed to play in the driveway in the first place?!
Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be an accident caused by carelessness. I won't dare say it is bad parenting, because I've learned you can't watch a child 24 hours a day. You can tell a child to keep their hands out of a cookie jar, but the moment you turn your back you'll find chocolate on their face (or so that was me, anyway).
I just can't see how something like this can happen.
You have children playing in a driveway, obviously where cars are pulling in and out, and no one bothered to remove the children from the situation? Is that not common sense? Do they not have a backyard?
It's sad a life is lost, but even more sad that if happened so carelessly.
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It does seem to be unbelieveable that something like this could happen in their own driveway, and I use to have to same thoughts that it was just plain carelessness, but now that I have kids, I can see how this might happen. I can tell you that no matter how careful and watchful you are of your children, they are still quicker and smaller that their parents, and an accident can happen in the blink of an eye. I consider myself a very careful and protective, even overprotective parent, and we have had accidents that, by the grace of God, have not been fatal. I believe that anyone who has a child can see that, as unfortunate and tragic that this accident was, that we are all just a second away from the same fate with our children. I don't understand why God takes children away from their parents, but I do know that He has numbered our days and that He is inherently a good God. He uses every situation to bring about good, no matter how tragic. I am sure that this tragedy will cause many people to be more careful and her death will save many lives. I still pray for this family. I can't imagine losing a child. It has to be hell on earth!
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