Teen Hit by a Cement Truck

"Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all. A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life." (Proverbs 22:2-4)

A 17-year-old teenager visiting from San Francisco was dragged for 140 feet after his motorized scooter collided with a cement truck near the Alameda-Contra Costa County border. He suffers serious leg and arm injuries and may lose his left arm and left leg.

An Alameda County fire spokesman said the boy was riding with a 17-year-old friend from Dublin when, at 2:12 p.m., the SF boy rode across Dougherty Road into the path of a moving northbound truck carrying cement.

Apparently, the boy was visiting his 19-year-old brother to celebrate his birthday. Some reports say the scooter was very new, and still had a sale tag on. I wonder whether he was given the scooter as a birthday present. One report says it could be the first time he rode such scooter.

Is there anyway to forsee danger even when we are having fun?

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