I understand that this is a cycling advocacy forum, but it amazes me how we tend to jump to unwarranted conclusions. There is so little detail provided with the account. At six years old, this youngster may have been riding a truly tiny bike. It is likely very low to the ground. The accident occurred in the middle of a three-way intersection (presumably contained within the parking lot).
Speed and alcohol seem to have been ruled out as contributing factors.
Why are we so quick to condemn the pick-up driver - make assumptions contrary that he must have been speeding contrary to information given in the account of the accident - someone injecting the possibility that he was probably using his cell phone at the time?
Why not also inject that the kid was probably observing bike lane markings?
As an adult, I totalled a bike when I came around a corner in an apartment parking lot (not at excessive speed, I might add), was surprised by an oncoming car (also not travelling at excessive speed), hit my brakes, went into a skid, hit the pavement, and slid under the front wheels of the car.
Fortunately, only my bike was damaged.
This unfortunate accident might have been similar to mine, who knows?
Why must we always condemn with such inflammatory language? I don't get it.
Caruso