Teen critical following crash

Wallingford _ Six people were injured in a car crash in Wallingford Sunday evening, including one teenage boy who was critically injured.

[Frank from north Haven]

When is it ever going to stop`~ wait until summer comes~~ this is only the beginning`` when will these teens wise up. Looks like talk to teens night did nothing``

[ELM CITY PUNK CHICK]

Here we go again....

[Road sense]

What about the present law ,16years old! No passengersand parent in vehicle. Court will set the same example,as Wolcott(DWI/Speeding),continue driving What do you think,Gunny!

[Gunny]

Inexperienced kids need parental control .................Gunny's thought.

[dfghjk]

it'll never end no matter what the laws are

[Arnold Leibowitzenberge r]

The only reason this makes the news is because of all the hype of teenagers driving crazy and getting into accidents. Back when I was a teenager I'd drive like a maniac as did all my friends. Most of us didn't get into accidents but the teens our age that did get into accidents never made it onto the news. This is just media hype.

[Kevin]

This law will never be inforced. Just like the seatbelt law and the cell phone law. just another farce. Parents give your kids a real big hug tonight and hold them dear.

[sassy]

I know parents who don't follow the laws and it makes me sick. Like 6 months of thier kid not having friends in the car is going to ruin their social life. This is making me sick. I'm afraid to even let my kid behind the wheel when he turns 16. Although the one difference between me and a lot of parents out there...my son knows if I find out he is breaking the law....MOMMY will take his license away from him even if the cops don't catch him. More parents need to wake up and smell the roses already!

[shaken bake isa idiot]

speedracer isnt even out yet. if they were at the movies (correct spelling) they probibly just seen harold and kumar... so maybe you could accuse them of being high. besides, the female was driving. what an a hole (or should i say mass hole) you are for being so damn idiotic. im sure you aint no perfect driver, punk

[Bob]

Where does it say that the teen driver was at fault? Or doesn't that matter to the gratuitous teen bashing crowd.

[shaken bake]

Bob wrote:

Where does it say that the teen driver was at fault? Or doesn't that matter to the gratuitous teen bashing crowd.

Hey BOB is that your name or is that what you do, BOB....heee heee heee you BoB, homo, bob hee hee hee

[madundertaker]

Well, I had better stock up on embalming fluid and body bags for the summer. This is only the begining and will never end. That's ok, more retirement money for me.

[RedNeck]

Bob wrote:

Where does it say that the teen driver was at fault? Or doesn't that matter to the gratuitous teen bashing crowd.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of info about this accident yet. This could very well be an "accident" rather than another wreckless bunch of kids racing around in performance cars.

[confused]

16, full car, 9PM,
More parents need to do the math!!

[RedNeck]

shaken bake wrote:

<quoted text>Hey BOB is that your name or is that what you do, BOB....heee heee heee you BoB, homo, bob hee hee hee

Shaken Bake's hockey helmet must be on too tight

[shaken bake]

confused wrote:

16, full car, 9PM,
More parents need to do the math!!

The parents did the math, 1 + 1= baby, see they did the math. They were eating corn dogs....On a steek

[Stricter Parents NEEDED]

My thoughts and prayers are with William Galarza and family...

I never bought a car for either of my children. I told them if they wanted to drive they needed to save their own money to pay for the car and Insure it.

They did not drive until they were 18. Both bought their cars with their own money...I think they learned how to respect their purchases: therefore both were very careful driving...So I had to taxi until they were 18..big deal,,they are ALIVE and very mature about how to drive. I never let them drive MY car either unless I was with them...

[bennor]

Bob wrote:

Where does it say that the teen driver was at fault? Or doesn't that matter to the gratuitous teen bashing crowd.

Well WTNH certainly implyed it by the way the worded the this paragraph...
"Police say a Ford Escort driven by Amber Russell, 16, collided head on with a Chevy Blazer. Russell had three teenage passengers in the car at the time of the accident. One of those passengers, William Galarza, 17, was critically injured in the accident. "

But you do bring up a good point. If it was a 50 year old drvier who drove into the wrong lane and hit a 16 year old driver, would it still cause people to post here complaining about teen drivers? We do need to remember from time to time that news stories are worded to draw in the eyeballs (or readers in the case of newspapers and online postings) and do sometimes get the facts a little skewed (or even wrong). Their story doesn't really say who was at fault (by how the accident happended) and who (or the age) of the driver/passengers in the other car involved. All that beeing said I do think there is more focus on teen driving skills and parental responsibility now than before and that IS a good thing.

[blah]

Whether or not the kid was "being reckless" she was still breaking the law.

No friends in the car!!!!

[learntodriveidio t]

hey lets play a game...well go drive and crash into people for fun ;0)