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Texas Drivers: Watch Out for Kids This Halloween

Child Injury and Accidents | Halloween

What are your Halloween plans?

Maybe you’re staying in and giving out candy to the neighborhood kids. Or you’re in charge of taking your kids and their friends around to get some candy. Perhaps you’re heading out on the town for some kid-free fun at the bars.

Whatever you do, try not to drive. If for some reason you do have to drive on Halloween night, practice extra caution.

Halloween is one of the most dangerous nights for children in Texas. Watch out and know how to stay safe.

There are many nights associated with drunk driving and traffic fatalities: the night before Thanksgiving. New Year’s Eve. July 4th. Only [...]

Halloween in Texas: Delicious Fun for Kids – If You Know the Dangers

Child Injury and Accidents | Halloween

Halloween is a magical time for kids. Along with costumed fun, there are tricks and treats and festive parties – and did we mention treats?

Usually, this spine-chilling holiday is full of good surprises. However, when kids are involved, care needs to be taken so you aren’t involved in an unexpected accident during Halloween activities. Most commonly, injuries occur from your own costume and drivers who aren’t paying as much attention as they should while kids are excitedly racing from home to home.

Specific injuries to watch out for include:

• Car accidents that involve treat-or-treaters – or even adults leaving parties.
• Burn injuries that take place when costumes come into contact with open flames.
• Eye injuries that occur from costume

Why Drivers are the Scariest Thing about Halloween for Texas Parents

Child Injury and Accidents | Halloween

Halloween is an evening of scary fun, but it can be truly scary for Texas parents if your child is hit by a vehicle.

That’s exactly what happened to a 5-year-old boy last Halloween in Georgia. The family was walking in a crosswalk when a minivan hit the boy. It sent him into mid-air, then pinned him under one of the back tires. The police said that the driver was looking in his rearview mirror at the time of the collision and failed to stop.

The boy suffered from several broken bones and a concussion. He need surgery to treat his leg, and at the time of the accident it was believed that he might require skin grafts. The driver [...]