Updated Oct 12, 2009 - 10:20 am

Autistic boy hit and killed by truck

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A boy with autism who ran away from his SeaTac home Saturday night and ran into traffic, has died.

Devine Justice Farrier, 11, was struck by a one ton flat bed truck in Tukwila.

Monica Alexander with the State Patrol tells KIRO 7, the truck driver couldn't see the boy at the intersection of highway 599 at 99, "(Farrier) came across the first two lanes, made that successfully, jumped the barrier and then as he was crossing the last two lanes he was struck by a truck."

Alexander said the truck had tried to swerve out of the way, but the truck hit the boy in the middle of a sweeping curve on the road and there wasn't enough time for the driver to see him.

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• scottinshoreline wrote...

  Terrible

  I wish nothing but peace for everyone involved in this horrible tragedy including the boy, his family and the truck driver.

  October 12, 2009 7:42 am

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• Siriusly wrote...

  Usually, someone's being an idiot...

  ...but not here. Breaks my heart because no one deserved this.

  October 12, 2009 11:10 am

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• I live with autism wrote...

  By the grace of God ...

  We are Australians living in Perth. Our son is five-years old and autistic. He runs away all the time - despite all the precautions we take. We have so far, thank God, been spared the same fate. I am so sorry for every single person effected by this shocking accident. It's a tragedy and our deepest sympathy to all concerned, from Devine's family and friends through to the driver - who, through no fault of his own, must also be going through hell. We wish you all well.

  October 13, 2009 3:12 am

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• Clay Adams wrote...

  Criminal

  A CEO of the vaccine maker who caused the autism should hang for this.

  October 13, 2009 4:21 pm

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• Clay wrote...

  Autistic boy hit and killed by truck

  That must have been John Best Jr. who just forged my name there. No one beats him for being a juvenile ignoranus. It can't have been Jonathan Mitchell, he doesn't have even that much wit. The Real Clay Adams

  October 13, 2009 9:08 pm

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