Parents learn tragic lesson

HUNTINGTON - The Nelsons lost 16-month-old Alec three years ago when his grandfather drove his SUV over the toddler while backing out of a driveway.

Cameron Gulbransen was 2 when his pediatrician dad backed his SUV over him on a Saturday night in October 2001.

Alec and Cameron are just two victims in what parents and child safety advocates call a growing trend of children being killed and maimed by vehicles - often their family's own SUVs and minivans - backing out of driveways and parking spaces.