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To the editor:
To buckle or not to buckle up one’s seat belt remains a question for some drivers. I found the answer when a tractor-trailer hit the left side of our car during a heavy rain storm on Aug. 29 at New Baltimore near Warrenton. Our car spun around, tipped over onto the driver’s side, and went bouncing down a steep slope. A small tree halfway down stopped the action.
Our buckled-up seat belts held us in place! Three people came running down the slope. They helped me out of the passenger side of our car and back up the poison-ivy covered slope to the highway. My husband, Col. John W. Skelton was injured and trapped in the car.
The first to arrive were the New Baltimore Volunteer Fire Department, a State police officer, the New Baltimore Garage wrecking truck, and a Warrenton Volunteer Rescue Squad ambulance. The heavy morning traffic was stopped.
Whith complete confidence, I stood watching these highly trained professional fire and rescue volunteers. They secured our car with cables so that it would not roll down the rest of the hill. While they discussed plans for extrication, my husband was examined, an IV started, and he was protected from possible spinal injuries.
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