11-Year Old Driver Kills Mother and Sister in Fatal Crash

In Fresno, California, three people were killed by a young driver who crashed into another vehicle after running through a stop sign. The young driver who killed his mother and 6-year old sister was only 11 years old.

According to the authorities who are still baffled over why the minor was allowed to drive despite the presence of two adults (mother and 34-year old passenger, Froylon Gonzalez), sixth-grader Jose Manuel Silva Covarrubias drove the family’s 1993 Honda straight through a stop sign and was broadsided by a Ford.

The impact of the crash ejected Maria Covarrubias, 30 and Elizabeth Silva Covarrubias, 6, from the back seat as neither of them wore proper restraints. Jose was also killed along with his family while Gonzales survived with life-threatening injuries because he was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the Ford which struck the Covarrubias’ car, 44-year old Charles Seguin of Porterville, suffered minor injuries from the car crash.

The California Highway Police said that neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to be a factor in the fatal crash and that there was no fog to obscure the view when the accident occurred.

For a lot of young boys, learning and being able to drive a car is like a rite of passage from being a child to becoming a man. Some boys in fact, who are addicted to racing and driving games like Need for Speed or Mario Cart even fancy themselves to be good enough to drive – even though they’re too young to even apply for a license.

In California, wannabe drivers have to be at least 15 ½ years old before they can apply for a provisional driver’s license. But even before that, they should have undergone hours of training and practice with an adult driver and have held a California instruction permit for a minimum of six months.

Driving a motor vehicle has certain age limitations because maturity, experience and the level of responsibility and skill of a driver are very important aspects of road safety. While indeed, everyone can learn to drive, not everyone is fit enough to drive, least of all a minor.

If teenagers themselves are already a recognized road risk – as much as 33 percent of all deaths among 16-19 year-olds from all causes were related to motor vehicles – minors (17 years old and below) are even more at risk, with little official training and education.

Ultimately, in other to prevent fatal car crashes among licensed and unlicensed teens and minors, it is the parent’s responsibility to guide their children. Unlike racing and driving video games, there is no restart button when a car crash occurs.

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