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To: martin_fierro
Franklin said Edith Delgado was trying to pass the couple's SUV when her car slammed into it, causing it to swerve across several lanes before tumbling to a stop on its roof.

That last sentence, especially the bolded part, makes me think they died because they were thrown around in the vehicle after the collision, indicating that they weren't wearing their seat belts. The only person in Princess Di's vehicle who survived was the young body guard, who was wearing his seat belt.

In short, it doesn't matter how well built your vehicle is, to avoid the frequently fatal internal collision that often happens after the external collision, the best thing each of us can do is wear his or her seat belt at all times.

12 posted on 07/07/2006 12:37:26 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper
Not sure seatbelts would have helped.


19 posted on 07/07/2006 12:43:38 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: libstripper
indicating that they weren't wearing their seat belts

This was on the local news yesterday morning, (KGO, I think) and reports stated that the deceased were all wearing their seatbelts.

27 posted on 07/07/2006 12:53:03 PM PDT by Hoplite
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To: libstripper

They could have been wearing seatbelts, it's a terrible secret that many brands of SUV's don't have roofs that are strong enough in a roll-over and they crush back in on the occupants. Phoenix news did an indepth report on this recently because of the number of deaths from crushed roofs, it's very technical, has to do with weight ratio's.


79 posted on 07/07/2006 2:28:29 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: libstripper

All other local reports state that all occupants were indeed wearing their seatbelts.


85 posted on 07/07/2006 2:39:26 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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