I saw this on FOX news last night and it just broke my heart. Some kids are put in seat belts when they are still too small to be restrained securely in them. I doubt that under the physics of this crash that a small child will remain secure in a belt if they are like 2 or 3 years old and only 25-30 lbs.
I would NEVER--I mean NEVER drive at that speed--- especially with little kids on board. They were all under the age of 7.
Mercy.
Some kids are put in seat belts when they are still too small to be restrained securely in them. Yes, that may explain the child, but of the three people thrown from the vehicle, it was reported that two of them were women, and presumably of adult size.
If it were me, the only way I wouldn't be in a seat belt of a vehicle going 90, would be to try to jump out if the driver ever had to slow to 25! Clearly, the SUV part of this story is the least of it, it was the behavior of the occupants, particularly the driver, that turned this into a tragedy.