Hit and run

Just recently, here in the Seattle area, a 3-year-old boy was killed by a hit and run driver.

http://www.komotv.com/stories/43940.htm

Very sad, but also very strange. It happened on a dark and rainy road at 10 o'clock at night. I can understand why the driver might not see a little 3-year-old running out in front of his car. If he had stopped, I am reasonably sure he would not have gotten even a traffic ticket. But he did not stop, and now he will get jail time. Dumb move.

At first I was aghast that a 3 year old was outside in the rain at 10 o'clock at night. Very strange. But the story says he was autistic and so clever with locks that they called him "Houdini." He simply escaped. Very sad.

Actually, the story reminds me of another 3-year-old, a little girl discovered trotting down the road, leaving home, but it was about 1950. Fewer cars, daytime, rural area, she survived. She's now pushing 60!