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Safety Belt Saves Lives!

Picture of the car after the crashOn June 19, the day before Father’s Day, Chief Engineer Brian Blanchard’s daughter Julia gave him a Father’s Day card and later hopped in a pickup truck with her two cousins, Nathan and Nicholas, to go to the mall while visiting family in Baton Rouge, LA. After entering the highway, a drunk driver plowed into the back of their truck at a high rate of speed.

The driver, Nathan, had to be cut out of the vehicle and suffered two broken legs and a broken pelvis. Nicholas, in the passenger seat, suffered a concussion and some cuts. Julia, up front in the center seat, walked away from the wreck with bumps and bruises.

Brian says the young people are alive because they were in the front seat wearing their safety belts.

The Blanchard family was able to celebrate Father’s Day and will be together for Independence Day because they heard our message. As you celebrate our nation’s independence, please remind your family and friends to buckle up and drive safely.