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Show 10 Hilltop Times COMMENTS Aug. 30, 1991. kIn)D, o o tfatfi Huffy much easier if it had just been a case of bad luck, or if it had been the other person's fault. But it wasn't. I saw the car after the accident, and I was shocked. The front end and the passenger's side were destroyed, but the area around the driver's seat was completely untouched. Paramedics said if she had been wearing her seat belt, she probably would have escaped with minor injuries. All the statistics about wearing a seat belt, drinking and driving and obeying the speed limit don't really hit home until someone close to you becomes one of those statistics. I only hope that my friend did not die in vain. If one person who knew her or who reads this stops and thinks before they put themselves in that situation, she may have saved a life. Please, whatever you do, and wherever you may go, wear your seat belt, don't speed, and don't drive after you've been drinking. For my friend, it's all over, and it's the people who cared about her who are left with the pain. by 2nd Lt. Cindy Ketlough Office of Pubbc Affairs A PLC t's a beautiful summer Li evening. You just finished a scrumptious meal cooked on the grill. As you look out on the horizon, the sun is beginning to set, and it promises to be a gorgeous night. You decide to go for a drive. Stop. Before you get in your car, I want to remind you that your family car can be deadly, if you don't take the proper safety precautions. I know, I know. You've read a thousand articles that preach the lifesaving merits of wearing your seat belt, not drinking and driving and obeying the speed limit. You've probably broken all three of these rules and it's never hurt you yet. All of this is great advice, but after awhile, it just goes in one ear and out the other. I used to think that way too. That is, until about six weeks unlike many people do on Friday evening. Unfortunately, she made some terrible mistakes when she got into her car to leave. She had been drinking. ago. She put her seat belt on, and Three months ago, the closest friend I've ever had was killed in then for some unknown reason, took it off. She was speeding; a a car accident. It was a Friday police officer said she was travelevening, similar to the one I described above. She was with a ing about 80 mph. She tried to pass a car on a group of friends celebrating the e road. She hit a winding, beginning of the weekend, not two-lan- " l car coming in the other direction head on. She died instantly. She was 23 years old. Luckily, the people in the other car did not die. The driver and two passengers were treated and released. A third passenger spent three weeks in the hospital and will need extensive physical therapy to regain the full use of his legs, which were severely injured. I could have dealt with it Don't do that to someone who cares about you. 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