Halloween one of the deadliest days for pedestrians, especially kids: doctors
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An easy way to keep yourself and your kids safe on Halloween is to be aware of your surroundings and to wear bright, reflective costumes, one expert said.
The scariest things lurking around the corner on Halloween aren’t monsters or ghosts.
According to doctors, it’s cars. Halloween is one of the deadliest days of the year for pedestrians, especially for kids.
“There’s a lot of focus on the risks of candy that might be a little misplaced,” said Britney Lombard, an injury prevention manager at Children’s Hospital Colorado. But one thing experts are sure of, she said, is an increase in child pedestrian fatalities on Halloween.
“There are a lot of things that they can do to mitigate those risks,” she said.
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An easy way to keep yourself and your kids out of harm’s way on Halloween is being aware of your surroundings, Lombard said.
That goes for drivers and pedestrians.
“We see a lot of distracted drivers who are on their phones, and we see a lot of distracted pedestrians who may have headphones in or (are) on their phone,” she said.
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