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Girl, 7, in fatal quad bike crash
The girl was taken to hospital where she died from her injuries
A seven-year-old girl died after her quad bike was involved in a head-on collision with a Range Rover in Essex.
The crash occurred in Fingrith Hall Lane, just outside the village of Blackmore, on Wednesday evening.
Elizabeth Cooke, of Spriggs Lane, Blackmore, was taken to Chelmsford's Broomfield Hospital where she died.
A woman, 28, who was driving the Range Rover, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
The woman, from the Brentwood area, has been bailed until New Year's Eve.
'Dangerous wherever used'
Anyone who witnessed the crash between the red Shark quad bike and the red Range Rover, which occurred at about 1900 GMT, is asked to contact Essex Police.
Some manufacturers make smaller quad bikes with automatic transmissions for children. It is illegal to ride such machines on public roads without a licence and insurance.
Some junior quad bikes are capable of speeds of up to 40mph (64km/h).
A spokesman for road safety charity Brake said: "Even with permission to use the machines on private land, children should not be put in control of them - the sheer power and speed of them is dangerous wherever they are used."


Can I just ask - What was a 7 year old child doing on a public road???? I know the driver of the range rover had been drinking, but it still does not explain what a 7 yr old was doing on a quad bike on a public road!!!
 
how sad for the family, i agree what on earth was she doing on the road, or more to the point who let her, i know the parents must be suffering but why was a 7yr old doing this, very very sad indeed
 
On the Anglia news it was a small country road and the father of the 2 children on the quad bikes was driving a car in front of the quads that did not have lights on.

I am sorry that she has died but surely to goodness what is a 7 year old doing in the dark driving a dangerous vehicle on a public road.

Yes the other driver had been possibly drinking but would you be able to spot a quad without any lights in the dark sober?
 
road or no road, quads are dangerous, powerful bits of kit, yes even the 'kids' ones.
Madness. Feel sorry for the parents, but what a thoroughly daft thing to do.
No pity for the stupid ***** who was driving under the influence. Throw away the key. Or at least her driving licence. For ever.
 
That is very sad, must be just outside Norton Heath.

My neighbours 5 year old son was whizzing around on an electric motorbike in our village yesterday, they couldn't see why it could be a problem!
 
That was actually my first thought aswell!
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I am not excusing the driver of the Range Rover, but will the parents of the dead child be prosecuted as well. Two wrongs do not make a right, but both parties were breaking the law and an innocent child has lost a life. I hope all parties concerned are able to live with their guilt and neglect for many years.
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I still dont get it!!! Who in their right mind allows a 7 yr old child out on a public road on a quad bike?

I certainly dont condone the range rovers drivers actions by drink driving but as someone else has pointed out, how can you see a quad bike with no lights!!!!!
 
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I will probably get slaughtered for this but, the kind of arsehole who buys a quadbike for their kids is not somebody in their right mind!

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Completely agree with you so we'll go together eh!
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Will be interested in how old the parents are too, they obviously have the sense of an ant IMO. Very sad about the little girl but I hope they get done for letting her on a public road even if it's only as a warning to other parents; almost better would be a lower age limit for quad drivers which I wouldn't put any lower than 15 anyway.
 
Sometimes I wonder if these people have any brains at all..
Reading the report I had to read it again, I couldn't believe anyone would be that stupid.
Although I am sorry for the parents, they surely must realise this is their own fault regardless of the other driver. A 7 year old on a public road in the dark? madness.
 
That would be me!!! I have just bought my kids a quad for their Christmas for use at the farm, NOT on public roads! I am NOT an ar*****le for your information.I find that comment hugely offending and presumptious. My kids ride the quad in a small flat field wearing correctly fitted helmets, proper quad gloves and goggles and to top it off they wear hi- viz vests so i can easily keep an eye on them at all times. They also have a strap that pulls the key out and stops the quad if the should fall off AND it has a remote control that will cut it off at the touch of a button!! so please don`t presume to say that any parent who buys their kids a quad is irresponsible.
My kids are 6 & 7years old BTW

I suppose i should have bought them a Nintendo Wii so that they can stay inside where it is safe??

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tbh, I think any parent buying their kid a quad is mental. they will soon get bored and try more high class manouvers, when it flips, sure the engine may stop as it crushes them, are your reactions fast enough?
It could just land on their leg and break an ankle, or it could well land on their chest. All depends.
Quads were invented for farmers to use to check livestock etc. Sensible use, why do kids need them?
 
So are you saying kids shouldn`t ride ponies or take any risks either? I mean OMG they could fall off or something!

Just to add my kids are sensible and i repeat they are only allowed in a small flat field, the quad is turned right down to a speed which is just above a crawl ATM, when i feel they have got the hang of it it will be turned up a little but not enough to perform manouvers, as you put it.

The parents of the 7 yr old that was killed should be ashamed of themselves for allowing a small child on a public road and in the dark FGS!
 
My OH reckons I'm mad letting the kids ride ponies
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I know it's off topic a bit, but kids/dangerous situations..... I'm not sure I see much difference (not talking about the public road issue here) and then again, mine do hack out on ponies on the road. Oh dear.
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Quads are notorious for being dangerous and they do exactly as the kids tell them, and the kids push and push them, and if they land on them, which quads are prone to, it is so deadly.
Guess I'm biased as dad sees all the people including children coming in with leg injuries from quad riding, riding is a dangerous sport appreciably and not sure why but kids on quads just seems so unnecessary to me.
 
I think these little ones for small kids have speed limiters on them - certainly the one that my neighbours kid rides on their farm barely goes above walking speed and he can't make it go any quicker
 
News Update-Anglia News 06:40am

Range Rover Driver released without charge so no driving under the influence-she was sober!

So this is just an accident that SHOULD not have happened!

What was the parent thinking of taking his children out on a PUBLIC road in the DARK! Part of me feels sorry for them but in the cold light of day they are stupid and that poor range rover driver-she has to live with this for the rest of her life!
 
I was just about to post and say "we cannot state about the driver being drunk until charges have been made" so I for one am rather pleased that the driver was in fact sober.... which now brings us back to the point of "what were children doing on a quad bike, in the dark, without lights, on a public road" It has been stated on BBC News that to take a quad bike onto a public road it has to have a LICENSE and INSURANCE.... Who is at fault now?
 
Yes it is very sad and I'm sure her parents will have to live with the guilt for the rest of their lives, as to put it bluntly it is completely and utterly their fault that their daughter is now dead.
I don't think this particular issue is anything to do with the speed of quads or in fact children using them. But more to the irresponsible parents who let their young children 'try out' their quads whilst it was pitch black on narrow roads whilst they themselves sat in the safe and indeed 'lit up' comfort of their car.
If anyone knows the area then I'm sure they will appreciate how narrow that road is and in the dark you would indeed 'swerve' around a car, therefore if there was something unmarked and unlit behind a car there is every chance it would get hit. My thoughts are with the driver who will be haunted by this for the rest of her life.
It's like letting your children hack out in the pitch black on their ponies. It just wouldn't happen.
 
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Unless of course you shared the mentality of the above mentioned parents!!!

They of course will live with this for the rest of their lives and nothing will ever clear their conscience....
 
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I will probably get slaughtered for this but, the kind of arsehole who buys a quadbike for their kids is not somebody in their right mind!

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Guess that makes me an idiotic arsehole then
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My son first started riding quads when he was 9. We both go to a quad centre and blast around the track for an hour. His quad was (and still is) speed limited. Unfortuneately the same can not be said for daughters pony. I remember vividly the week I spent with her in hospital while her arm was put back together after comming off her pony.
Now if i allowed my son on a public road on a quad then i would agree with you. Perhaps I should restrict my daughters riding to the school with the pony hobbled to limit its speed? I know which activity is far more dangerous!
 
Ah but would you allow your child to hack out in the dark, with no lights or reflectives on?

I wouldn't say hthat buying a quad for your child equals you to an arsehole.... many people buy their kids motorised things, but they are mostly quite sensible and dont allow the child out in the dark on a public road....
I would think you fall into that category Timefaulter??? As you have said you go to a quad centre..... where presumably such an activity is supervised?
 
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Ah but would you allow your child to hack out in the dark, with no lights or reflectives on?


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Certainly not. But i did say i wouldn't allow my son out on the road (no matter how quiet) on a quad. I was reacting to the OP who stated anyone who bought their child a quad was a brainless arsehole which i really dont think i am. Well not brainless anyway
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I worry far more about my daughter riding her pony than i do about my son on a quad. As I do both I certainly appreciate which is potentially more dangerous even in controlled situations.
 
It's undoubtedly the parents' fault - letting the child on the road at all, never mind in the dark. It could have happened in the light as well though, people drive WAY too fast on country lanes, and that's something that should be stopped, imo.
However, obviously, a 7 year old should not be on the road at all on a quad, and frankly, I think a lead rein would be in order on a pony, but maybe I'm just cautious in that respect. We have a lot of idiot drivers around here.
Half the trouble (oh I am going to get shot here) is that so many chavvy parents will not accept their limitations! It may be unfair, but the fact that a pp has access to a nice, flat field for their kids to ride around in, makes it safe.
The world is not fair. If you don't have access to a safe place and the right knowledge and experience, whether for a quad or a pony, you shouldn't indulge your children.
I am as poor as a church mouse, so it isn't a money thing, but I am a qualified instructor and first aider, a groom with donkeys years experience, and married to an underpaid but very practical farm worker, who happens to get a house in a safe place, a couple of fields, and a stable yard as part of the deal. So it is safe for my children to have ponies, both rescued, btw, so no big investment there, either. Oh did I say one of our friends is a farrier ?!
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I don't know if this is the case with this poor kid, but I do see a lot of families, who indulge their children in everything from quads to ponies, without the resources, knowledge, or plain common sense required to keep them safe and happy.
And don't get me started on dogs!
As to the driver of the Range Rover, we now know she was not over the limit (a limit which should imo be a big fat ZERO) and within the law, but she could still have been doing 60 down a country lane, as so many people do, without breaking the law. Maybe she wasn't, in which case, poor woman. But speed kills. Usually someone else.
 
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Half the trouble (oh I am going to get shot here) is that so many chavvy parents will not accept their limitations!

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I'm glad someone else said that, although do admit the thought was there on my part!
 
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