Ice-cream truck-related injuries to children Article

Mubarak, SJ, Lavernia, C, Silva, PD. (1998). Ice-cream truck-related injuries to children . 18(1), 46-48. 10.1097/01241398-199801000-00010

cited authors

  • Mubarak, SJ; Lavernia, C; Silva, PD

abstract

  • Few studies exist on the cause and nature of injuries to children from ice-cream truck-related accidents. We reviewed the medical records of 11 children with orthopedic injuries treated at Children's Hospital-San Diego from 1985 to 1995 for injuries in such accidents. Of nine children on their way to or from an ice-cream truck who were struck by an oncoming vehicle, all were girls; eight had pelvic or lower-extremity fractures. When ice-cream trucks park on the street, they pose a danger to children, because children are drawn to them, and the trucks' large size blocks the vision of oncoming drivers.

publication date

  • January 1, 1998

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 46

end page

  • 48

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 1