Haley Scroggins, a student at Prattville Junior High School, died from injuries. The accident occurred at the intersection of Autauga 42 and Augauga 21. She was not wearing her seatbelt. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, none of the teenagers were wearing their seatbelts. Seatbelts reduce a person’s chances of dying in a crash by forty-five…
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My last post pointed out that Alabama ranks the fourth highest in the teen death toll. Today, I want to pick up the Reader’s Digest again and look at their Anatomy of a Teen Car Accident. First, they cover that speeding is a factor in 35% of crash deaths involving young drivers. If you look…
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