More Details on Highway 97 North Crash

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 05:36 PM

The RCMP say a female passenger in a pick up truck suffered multiple fractures when the vehicle she was in, ran into the back end of a logging truck this afternoon.

The crash happened around North Fraser Road on Highway 97 North just before three this afternoon.

The female was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash, she was taken to Prince George Regional Hospital. The driver of the pick up was wearing a seatbelt and suffered only minor injuries and was released at the scene. The driver of the logging truck was not hurt.

Police say road conditions were not good at the time of the crash.

The Highway was reduced to single lane alternating traffic for a time, but police have now left the scene, and both lanes are open.

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Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 05:36 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: realitysetsin on December 19 2007 7:23 PM

No seatbelt = d'oh

Posted by: seamutt on December 19 2007 7:30 PM

Why don't people were seatbelts? Here the driver only had minor injuries and the lady well what can be said for stupidity.

Posted by: steeliepete on December 19 2007 8:25 PM

maybe she doesn't like 'ejection?

Posted by: realitysetsin on December 19 2007 8:32 PM

It's kind of like smoking. Darwin's theory at work.

Posted by: Eagleone on December 19 2007 10:18 PM

75% of all deaths involving a large transport truck are from 4-wheelers rear ending the transport truck. Stay back and be seen, and for the truck drivers out on the road be carefull when slowing down fast (always check your mirrors first). Often these things can happen when a transport truck slows rapidly on a steep incline (use your 4-ways), or when a traffic light is spiked and a split second decision needs to be made to try and stop or run the light.

Posted by: metalman on December 20 2007 10:10 AM

Opinions above seem to have been formed by judges. Why judge the lady? Is it not possible that she unclipped her seatbelt for a moment, for some reason? COuld it be that she cannot wear a seat/shoulder belt for some medical reason?
metalman.

Posted by: duffer on December 21 2007 1:25 PM

There is NO reason, medical or otherwise, to not wear a seatbelt. Any injury from a seatbelt is a lot better than one from a windshield.