My daughter at age 16 totaled her car in 2006 and was cut out unconscious from her vehicle. She was very lucky to live. They were all wearing their seatbelts, but she had been instructed not to take passengers yet.
My nephew Keith MacCollom was killed in a car accident on Friday April 10, 2009 in Seminole Florida. The car accident took the lives of his 3 teenage friends and seriously injured another. The boys were driving only five blocks to get home before 1100pm, and driving too fast. Only the driver was wearing a seat belt. Please do not drive with passengers until you are an experienced driver, and remember that if you drive with passengers, that their lives are in your care.
--Karen Theoktisto DNP ARNP
