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"Seat Belts Saved Us!"
This photograph was taken after Tera Pine's car vehicle was set back on it's tires. The accident, which happened during the snow and icy roads last week, ended up with the vehicle on it's roof. Tera and her young son, Caleb, walked away without injuries thanks to seat belts. See how close the car landed near the highway. by
Dixie A. Walter Eatonville Animal Control Officer Tera Pine. and her seven-year-old son, Caleb, were in a car accident Thursday night, March 27, after the snow fell and the weather went freezing. Tera explains, "I hit a patch of ice, flipped my car in the ditch and flew across a drive way to land in between a light pole and a tree. The car was totaled, but we walked away with just bumps and bruises. "We were upside down when we had to climb out of the car. Seat belts saved us! We went to the hospital to make sure nothing internal was going on." Mother and child were stiff and sore the following morning, but are doing fine. "I was shocked when we climbed out, and saw what the car looked like. I cannot believe we missed the pole and tree, And we walked away," Tera added. Caleb attends second grade at Eatonville Elementary. Inches from Smashing into this Pole...
You can see just how closely the vehicle came to crashing into the pole. Keeping in mind the car was upside down when Tera and her son climbed out.
Tera also notes, "They
had already flipped the car over upright before the photos were
taken. The Insurance
adjuster
came out. When he called me, he said he was surprised to be
talking to me on the phone. He couldn't believe we walked away
without a scratch. I give that credit to God."
The accident occurred at 10:30 p.m. on Thursday night. It
happened right at 330th and Meridian (SR 161)
north of
Camp Arnold. The threat of icy roads concerned area residents
and Tera was among them. She said, "It was black ice and an
officer guessed I was going about 45 mph. I know I was under
the speed limit because I was being more cautious than normal.
Hearing about the other accidents there I can't believe we are
okay."
Somber Statistics from www.car-accidents.com *Failure to wear a seat belt contributes to more fatalities than any other single traffic safety-related behavior. Wearing a seat belt is still the single most effective thing we can do do save lives and reduce injuries on America's roadway. *Seat belts are the most effective safety devices in vehicles today, estimated to save 9,500 lives each year. Yet only 68 percent of the motor vehicle occupants are buckled. In 1996, more than 60 percent of the occupants killed in fatal crashes were unrestrained. *If 90 percent of Americans buckle up, we will prevent more than 5,500 deaths and 132,000 injuries annually. *The cost of unbuckled drivers and passengers goes beyond those killed and the loss to their families. We all pay for those who don't buckle up in higher taxes, higher health care and higher insurance costs. *On average, inpatient hospital care costs for an unbelted crash victim are 50 percent higher than those for a belted crash victim. Society bears 85 percent of those costs, not the individuals involved. Every American pays about $580 a year toward the cost of crashes. If everyone buckled up, this figure would drop significantly. Rear View...Please Buckle Up...
This car was totaled, but the people inside, although hanging upside down. were uninjured because they were protected by seat belts. |
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