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Article: Children Riding in Extended Cab Pickup Trucks are at Greater Risk of Injury, According to Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Real-World Crash Research Warns Against Transporting Children in Compact Extended Cab Pickup Trucks.
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- March 5, 2002
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PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that children who ride inside compact extended cab pickup trucks are at a greater risk of injury than children riding in other vehicles. Findings of the study are published in the March 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The research is the first ever to measure the risk to children inside compact extended cab pickup trucks. "We found that children riding in the rear seat of compact extended cab pickup trucks were nearly five times more likely to suffer injury during a crash compared to children riding in the rear seat of other vehicles," says Flaura ...