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A two-year-old girl almost lost her life after a reckless driver crashed through her backyard fence while she was swimming with her siblings in Texas.
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Nest camera footage showed the little girl racing around the curve of her backyard pool just moments before the fence she passed got blown to shreds after a 22-year-old driver crashed into it on Sunday, CBS reported.
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The little girl, who was safely on the other side of the pool, began screaming in terror after wood came flying toward her.
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Out of the pool!' the father instructed his twin boys, while his wife gathered the little girl in her arms, her buoyancy aid still on.
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The three children cried as they exited the pool barrier, leaving behind their floats and toys in the water.
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They can be seen on camera running back to the safety of their home.
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'Oh my god!' the mother can be heard crying out, as her husband went to check on the driver and his passenger.
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'Our child could have been killed,' the Van Dusen family told CBS.
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'Our twins could have been injured or killed.
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In a matter of seconds, our home and our backyard – places where our children should be completely safe – became a scene where we were forced to face the possibility of losing one of our children.
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A two-year-old girl was seen running by a fence in her backyard just moments before a car crashed into it on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas
The 22-year-old driver was cited for reckless driving, but the Van Dusen family have called for a harsher punishment
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What happened to our family was not simply an accident.
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It was a terrifying reminder of how quickly reckless driving can turn into a tragedy.'
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The passenger in the car was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, while the 22-year-old driver, who has not been publicly identified, was cited for reckless driving.
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The family disagrees with the $200 fine, saying it was too little of a punishment for 'something this dangerous.'
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A fence can be repaired.
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Property can be replaced.
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But a child's life cannot,' the family told the outlet.
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'We are not interested in simply pointing fingers.
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We want to turn what happened to our family into meaningful change.
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Our children were almost victims of something that should never have happened.'
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The family's neighbor, Toni Gunter, told CBS that she hears crashes and people driving recklessly down Heritage Trace Parkway at all hours of the day.
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'Every day from three o'clock until 10 o'clock, at least – I go to bed at 10, at least – for those several hours it's constant,' she told CBS.
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City Councilman Charlie Lauersdorf is hoping to get a stop sign put in place within the next 30 days, he told the outlet.
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'A fence can be repaired.
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Property can be replaced.
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But a child's life cannot,' the family said
'Any time you have these new developments that just have long stretches of road with nothing to slow drivers down, it's a problem,' he said.
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Lauersdorf also said the city could potentially conduct a traffic study, which could lead to the installation of a stoplight.
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The Daily Mail has reached out to the Fort Worth Police Department for comment.
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