{"id":2826,"date":"2013-04-10T09:09:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2013-04-10T09:09:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T15:09:56","slug":"sad-tragedy-reminds-us-to-buckle-up-and-be-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/10\/sad-tragedy-reminds-us-to-buckle-up-and-be-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad Tragedy Reminds Us to Buckle Up and Be Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a tragic motor vehicle accident this past weekend just north of Minneapolis where eight members of a family were in a van that was struck by another car. The accident caused four members of the van to be ejected from the vehicle. Those four were not wearing seat-belts, and three of them were killed. The fourth is still in critical condition.
\nA lieutenant of the Minnesota Highway Patrol is quoted as saying: \u201cThe fact can\u2019t be ignored that if they had worn seat belts, it could have ended in a different result.\u201d It was further noted that in the last three years 352 of 864 traffic deaths in Minnesota had victims that were not wearing seat belts. This is 41{a0c01d20c42349884e67ff80c137866b0a9fe47aaae8f8a86a605a369ae487c3} of the deaths in these accidents. These deaths were all likely preventable!
\nThere was a second accident over the weekend in the metro area where a woman crashed her car into a tree, and was killed. She also was not wearing a seat belt.
\nBUCKLE UP\u2026seat belts save lives!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There was a tragic motor vehicle accident this past weekend just north of Minneapolis where eight members of a family were in a van that was struck by another car. The accident caused four members of the van to be ejected from the vehicle. Those four were not wearing seat-belts, and three of them were killed. The fourth is still in critical condition. A lieutenant of the Minnesota Highway Patrol is quoted as saying: \u201cThe fact can\u2019t be ignored that if they had worn seat belts, it could have ended in a different result.\u201d It was further noted that in the last three years 352 of 864 traffic deaths in Minnesota had victims that were not wearing seat belts. This is 41{a0c01d20c42349884e67ff80c137866b0a9fe47aaae8f8a86a605a369ae487c3} of the deaths in these accidents. These deaths were all likely preventable! There was a second accident over the weekend in the metro area where a woman crashed her car into a tree, and was killed. She also was not wearing a seat belt. BUCKLE UP\u2026seat belts save lives!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,20],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"\nSad Tragedy Reminds Us to Buckle Up and Be Safe - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/10\/sad-tragedy-reminds-us-to-buckle-up-and-be-safe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sad Tragedy Reminds Us to Buckle Up and Be Safe - Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There was a tragic motor vehicle accident this past weekend just north of Minneapolis where eight members of a family were in a van that was struck by another car. 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