Far too often we hear of a fatal auto accident where someone killed wasn’t wearing a seat belt.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a single-vehicle accident left one teen dead and two others injured. The auto accident occurred early Saturday morning after a 19-year-old driver of a Honda Accord skidded into a ditch. A 17-year-old passenger was ejected after the vehicle hit a rock wall and overturned. The driver and another 17-year-old passenger were treated for injuries at a local hospital. None of the occupants were wearing a seat belt.
This accident is still under investigation. Driver distraction, speeding, or inexperience may have played a role in the accident, but wearing a seat belt may have saved a young man’s life.
Seat belts don’t guarantee occupants will survive an accident; they don’t stop every potential fatality from occurring. They do, however, continue to be the single most effective protection device in a vehicle; they do significantly increase the likelihood that occupants will live to tell the story. Just ask a 16-year-old Georgia teen who had a similar accident.
“A seat belt prevented me from being ejected from my car. Driving home, I fell asleep. When she I opened my eyes, I realized that I had crossed two lanes and was driving in a ditch. The next thing I knew, my car flipped and glass was flying everywhere. When my car finally stopped, I was upside down, but alive. I escaped with minor injuries thanks to wearing my seat belt.”
Each and every time you get into a vehicle, whether the driver or a passenger, protect yourself from being another statistic – buckle up!
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