NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Collision Investigation Unit are reminding drivers and their passengers to make sure that seatbelts are used while driving, following two recent fatal collisions.
Seatbelts have been proven to save lives time and time again and their use should be automatic for anyone traveling in a motor vehicle.
Seatbelts are designed to spread the stress and impact forces of a crash along the stronger and broader areas of the body, such as the hips and shoulders, thereby reducing injuries and they also prevent a person from being ejected from or thrown around inside the vehicle.
Investigators have been able to determine that the drivers involved in two recent fatal collisions that occurred within the first two weeks of September, were not wearing their seatbelts.
Wearing a seatbelt properly is the single most effective thing anyone can do to protect themselves and others in a motor vehicle collision. Always wear your seatbelt and ensure all passengers are buckled up.
York Regional Police is asking anyone with information to contact the Major Collision Investigation Unit by calling 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7704, or to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
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