Accidents Reported in Southern California

10-week-old survives Santa Barbara car accident with minor injuries

A fatal California car accident almost claimed the lives of Kelli Grove and her two children, ages ten-years and ten-months, in Santa Barbara, after the family’s BMW collided with a semi-truck.

The semi flew off of a bridge after bursting into flames, and the driver, 48-year-old Charles Allison, was killed.

It is believed that the baby survived because of the proper way her mother installed the car seat, and miraculously, it was the baby who had the fewest injuries.

The Jaws of Life were used to remove the family, with the help of the California State Highway Patrol, Santa Barbara County Firefighters, and U.S. Navy Seabees who happened to be driving by the scene of the accident. A forklift was needed to hoist up the BMW that was teetering on the edge of the bridge guardrail.

The Chicago Tribune article stressed the importance of having your child seats checked for proper installation, and to always make sure that the seat is the correct size for your infant, toddler, or child. It is also best to put child seats in the back of the vehicle, or turn the airbags off if you must put the seat in the front, in the event that your truck does not have a backseat.

Our thoughts go out to the family of the semi-truck driver who lost his life in the crash. We also applaud the mother of the 10-week-old infant whose life was spared because of the correct baby seat installation and encourage readers to follow her lead to ensure that their own children are safe.

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