first one for the winter, pray its the only one.

glennster · Nov 24, 2014

towed in the first fatality for the winter. young gal lost control on the ice and flipped her s.u.v. no seat belt and was ejected from vehicle. killed on impact. such a waste. seat belt would have saved her. makes you sad and angry at the same time. prayers to her family. hope you all be safe out there.

37chief · Nov 24, 2014

That's a tough one all right. Stan

Chris English · Nov 24, 2014

You must be in Kentucky, that lady is from right here in Greene NY my hometown . I read about it on facebook this morning, very sad.

oj · Nov 24, 2014

Glennster, we got called out to a roll over 2 weekends ago, single vehicle, driver & 2 passengers, driver and front seat passenger ejected (no seatbelts), both transported to hospital and treated (unsure of injuries - at least broken bones on the one - alcohol and speed were factors according to the cops), the second passenger, belted into the rear seat was killed when the car rolled - dead before we got there to cut the car open to get her out... what are the chances of that.

It's not the best part of being a volunteer firefighter... much the same for you on the tow truck...

glennster · Nov 24, 2014

Nope up in illinois

farmboy48 · Nov 24, 2014

tragic how many are killed due to not wearing seatbelts, here in Western ND, we lose 3 or 4 a week because of that since the oil boom took off. My boys when they were young always told me "Dad buckle up" whenever we got in a vehicle, as they had always been secured since they were born. I use mine 99 % of the time now, except driving the mile from one farm to the other or some such.

David G · Nov 24, 2014

Lost a couple of young girls in Iowa to rollover.

GregCO · Nov 24, 2014

I'm and believer in seat belts anymore I guess. They seem to do more good than harm. My daughter rolled her car two years ago whizzing down the highway while TEXTING. Drifted off the side and got caught in the soft shoulder and it sucked her in. She panicked and jerked the wheel and stood on the brakes. Over it went. The guy behind her said it went over twice. When I got there it was already on the wrecker. There wasn't one piece of glass in it or one straight panel and the front suspension pretty much tore out. The roof looked like it was a chop top. She came out of it with a sprained thumb where the air bag clipped her on the way out of the column. She was driving an 870 Volvo we gave her for graduation. We were lucky that day.

Greg

DLMKA · Nov 24, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:54:08 11/24/14) towed in the first fatality for the winter. young gal lost control on the ice and flipped her s.u.v. no seat belt and was ejected from vehicle. killed on impact. such a waste. seat belt would have saved her. makes you sad and angry at the same time. prayers to her family. hope you all be safe out there.

One of the wrecks on I-74 by Galesburg?

glennster · Nov 25, 2014

just northwest of yorkville il

Mike M · Nov 25, 2014

Most accidents happen within one mile from home.

first one for the winter, pray its the only one.

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