It was not our usual Sunday when I got a call from my good friend mentioning the demise of a mutual acquaintance. He was suspected to have been knocked from behind that sent his minivan careening down a slope. The car overturned many times and he was thrown out of the car. When the car came to a stop, his head was under the car and he suffered severe trauma on the head and body.
He died instantly.
The firemen took 15 minutes to extract his body whose head was under the severly damaged car. The sad part was that if he was wearing his seat belt, he would not have been thrown out of the car and would have survived the accident. Another friend had a similar accident and his car went turtle after turning several rounds but his seat belt kept him in place and he suffered only minor injuries.
The police suspected that he was driving fast and that he was not wearing his seat belt when he was alledgedly knocked from behind. But regardless, driving safe and wearing your seat belt will save lives. If not yours, at least your love ones.
I was pissed when the government issued the law for back seat folks to buckle up, that means I can't take too many people anymore. Now I realize that it's a small price to pay for our lives.
So buckle up and stay safe. Have a safe trip wherever you are.
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