Child dies under garage door.....

Another Child Dies Under Garage Door: Are We Doing Enough to Educate?07/21/2008 14:24
Last week, Terry Lee Barnett was killed when his family’s garage door fell and pinned him by the neck at his Indianapolis home, several papers reported July 18.In May, I blogged about theOntario boy that was killed in a similar fashion – albeit under very different circumstances. In the Canadian case, a construction company was on-site and working on the garage when the incident occurred. Disturbingly, the circumstances in Indianapolis were as follows (according to the local news story):
Police said the teen was fatally injured about 11 a.m. when a two-by-four dislodged from the garage door it had been propping open at his home... Terry was pinned beneath the door of the detached garage, which is behind the family's home.
Kitty Barnett [the victim's mother] said the electric motor that raises and lowers the door went out Wednesday night. She said the landlord had recently fixed the door, and she does not believe the accident was the result of negligence on the part of the home's owner.
The broken garage door did not appear to violate any city or county regulations, according to spokesmen for the Department of Metropolitan Development and the Department of Health.
There seems to be information missing from this story...or at least, I hope so. I hope propping open a garage door with a two-by-four is not what the mother means when she says her landlord fixed it.
I can't speculate on the circumstances, but I'm left with questions (and I'm sure I'm not the only one). I’d like to hear your thoughts on and reactions to this news. Drop me a line at lvasquez@vpico.com.