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[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There was a parent who didn't correctly park her pram on a train platform, and sadly the pram went onto the train line, and one of the children and her husband died. This was a major news story, harrowing CCTV footage, a community in mourning. There was discussion on changing platforms to be safer, etc.

Similar story with an SUV which reversed over a pram. No CCTV, the story was barely reported, largely local news. Similar scale of tragedy, and sadly the SUV story is probably more common, but the fact that it's common also makes it an invisible story.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

100%. "Accidents" with cars are so common and normalized, they're not major news even if many more people get killed or maimed in aggregate.