Salmon Arm香蕉视频直播檚 identical triplets are on the move again thanks to a donation from Radio Flyer.

The red wagon used almost daily by Mike and Mahalia Meeuwsen to transport their 23-month-old daughters, , was recently destroyed in a in Salmon Arm香蕉视频直播檚 Ross Street parking lot.

On Sept. 27, Meeuwsen and a friend were in the process of loading the triplets into her vehicle with the wagon left sitting empty behind and slightly to the side of the van.

A woman who was parked beside Meeuwsen began backing up and ran over the special red Radio Flyer wagon. The driver stopped and Meeuwsen pulled the damaged wagon out from under the woman香蕉视频直播檚 car. When the driver rolled down the window, Meeuwsen expected she would stay and step up to replace it. Instead, the woman looked at her and drove away 香蕉视频直播� before Meeuwsen could get the license plate of the white import sedan.

With no security camera footage, there was little the RCMP could do to track down the driver.

With three active toddlers, Meeuwsen says she used the wagon nearly every day. She had spent a few months finding it online, because it is large enough for the three girls and had seat belts for all three 香蕉视频直播� a must with three toddlers who sometimes want to escape. To buy new, the wagon would be nearly $800.

After reading about the situation in the Salmon Arm Observer香蕉视频直播檚 online edition, staff at Radio Flyer, which manufactures wagons and other children香蕉视频直播檚 toys, decided this was not acceptable.

They contacted the Observer from their offices in Chicago, explaining they wanted to replace the Meeuwsen香蕉视频直播檚 wagon free of charge. A few phone calls later and the new wagon arrived at their door this week.

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