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The family of a Garland girl who was accidentally killed last month when her father ran over her is suing a major car manufacturer for negligence.
On October 9, (dad) backed up his Infiniti SUV and tragically ran over and killed two-and-a-half-year-old (child).
"You just can't imagine the absence that is in our hearts right now with the loss of our daughter," mother...said. "She rocked our world ... she was everything to us."
The family is suing Nissan, the parent company of Infiniti. They claim new back-up video cameras or sensors which detect objects behind a vehicle were available, and should have been installed in their SUV.
"This manufacturer was already putting it on some of its other vehicles, and it should have put it on this one," attorney Windle Turley said.
In a phone interview with News 8, Nissan/Infiniti spokesman Kyle Bazemore said the child's death was "very sad, very tragic," but added that even when an SUV comes equipped with a back-up video camera, it's not fool-proof.
"It's a convenience; it's not a substitute for proper reversing procedures," Bazemore said. "Drivers should always turn around and look."
"Yes, it's our responsibility, but so many tragic things have happened with children because of that," (mom) said.
