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Pregnant Woman Dies in Horrific Wreck
October 9, 2018 – NBC Chicago reports that a pregnant woman has died after being struck by a vehicle as she and another person tried to push her disabled car out of the roadway. The accident happened in northwest Streamwood, at around seven thirty in the evening.
A family friend had received a call from the woman a few minutes before the fatal crash happened. During the phone call, the woman explained to her friend that her car had stalled out in the roadway, and that she needed help pushing it to the side. After making the phone call, the woman and her cousin got out of the stalled vehicle and began to push it. As the two pushed the car, a pickup truck crashed into the rear end of the car. During the collision, the pregnant woman received injuries that were so severe that she died as the result of the crash. Authorities are continuing to investigate the accident.
This tragic wreck is a reminder of just how much danger the occupants of vehicles experience when their car breaks down or they are involved in an accident. If you feel your vehicle beginning to stall while you are driving, turn on your four-way flashers and look for an opportunity to pull off to the side of the road if you can do so safely. When your vehicle is stopped, whether in the travel lanes or off to the side, call 911 for help. Stay in your vehicle, with your seat belt fastened, and ask others in the vehicle to do the same. If you must leave your vehicle due to fire, do so carefully, looking out for traffic, and go as far away from the vehicle as you can.
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Rollover Crash Kills Child
October 11, 2018 – The Chicago Sun Times reports that a 3-year-old boy is dead following a rollover wreck. The crash happened on Sunday morning, in the East Side neighborhood, in the 9800 block of South Avenue G. The driver of the vehicle that the boy was riding in hit a pole with the vehicle, and the vehicle rolled onto its side. When police arrived at the crash scene, no one was in the vehicle. They were later notified that the driver of the rolled vehicle and her passengers had gone to Trinity Hospital, where the three-year-old boy was pronounced dead. The boy had died from injuries he sustained in the wreck, and his death has been declared an accident. No one else that was in the vehicle when it crashed was injured.
Reports regarding the aforementioned accident do not discuss whether the little boy was riding in a child safety seat, or whether his car seat was being used properly at the time of the crash. Data collected from accidents involving child fatalities indicate that some crashes are simply not survivable, even when a child is buckled properly into an appropriate car seat. However, in the majority of accidents, child safety seats save lives.
The primary way that child safety seats save lives is by keeping children inside of vehicles that crash. The risk of death is much higher for children and other vehicle occupants that are ejected during automobile collisions. Choosing an appropriate child safety seat for your child can be tricky, so be sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions regarding the age, size, and weight of child that can use each car seat in your vehicle. Also, follow all instructions for securing each child safety seat, and for buckling the child into it.
