The number of booster seats recommended by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has grown significantly over last year.

The safety agency recommending 21 Best Bets and seven Good Bets out of 72 booster seats it tested this year. Eight booster seats aren’t recommended.

To be recommended by IIHS a booster seat must properly position a three-point seat belt over a 6-year-old testing dummy. IIHS engineers measured seat-belt fit in a variety of vehicles and used high-back and backless booster seats as well as combination child-safety seats, which can be used as a booster.

Children ages 4-8 who ride in booster seats are 45 percent less likely to be injured in a car crash than children using only seat belts, according to IIHS.

For a full list of model numbers, go to IIHS.org. 

Best Bets

• Britax Frontier 85 (combination highback)
• Chicco Keyfit Strada (dual highback)
• Clek Oobr (dual highback)
• Cosco Juvenile Pronto (dual highback)
• Cybex Solution X-Fix (highback)
• Eddie Bauer Auto Booster (dual highback)
• Evenflo Big Kid Amp (backless)
• Evenflo Maestro (combination highback)
• Graco TurboBooster Crawford (dual highback)
• Harmony Baby Armor (dual highback)
• Harmony Dreamtime (dual backless)
• Harmony Dreamtime (dual highback)
• Harmony Secure Comfort Deluxe (backless)
• Harmony Youth Booster Seat (backless)
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi XR (dual highback)
• Recaro ProBOOSTER (highback)
• Recaro ProSPORT (combination highback)
• Recaro Vivo (highback)
• Recaro Young Sport (combination highback)
• Safety 1st Boost Air Protect (dual highback)
• The First Years Pathway B570 (highback)

 
Good Bets

• Britax Parkway SG (dual highback)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual backless)
• Combi Kobuk Air Thru (dual highback)
• Evenflo Symphony 65 (3-in-1 highback)
• Graco TurboBooster Sachi (dual highback)
• Graco TurboBooster Wander (dual highback)
• Maxi-Cosi Rodi (dual highback)

 
Not Recommended

• Eddie Bauer Deluxe (combination highback)
• Eddie Bauer Deluxe 3-in-1 (highback)
• Evenflo Express (combination highback)
• Evenflo Generations 65 (combination highback)
• Evenflo Sightseer (highback)
• Harmony Baby Armor (dual backless)
• Safety 1st All-in-One (3-in-1 highback)
• Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite (3-in-1 highback)

Norfolk Personal Injury Lawyer

Hurley Law Firm
1100 Granby Street, Suite 100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Office: 757-455-0077

Jim Hurley – Attorney at Law

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A Norfolk man who was driving car that drove into a house, killing three passengers, faces charges of aggravated involuntary manslaughter while driving drunk.

According to the Virginian-Pilot a Norfolk grand jury indicted 30-year-old Craig A. Watson on three felony charges. The Aug. 11 wreck also seriously injured two passengers.

Police reports show, Watson was driving with five passengers around 3:20 am when the car missed a curve. The vehicle tore through a light pole, stop sign, guardrail and tree before running into the porch of a house.

Police said speed and alcohol contributed to the fatal car crash, which killed 18-year-old Paris Shorter of Virginia Beach, 19-year-old Marquita  Walker of Hampton and 29-year-old Karnell  Faulkner of Chesapeake.

 More information about this case can be found online at:  pilotonline.com

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Norfolk, VA 23510
Office: 757-455-0077

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Three people are dead and four others injured after a single-car crash on Route 55, according to State Police.

Police say the crash happened Sunday afternoon, when the driver, Robert Louer, of an SUV carrying seven family members ran off the road and then struck a tree.

Edward Nichols III, 64, of Purcellville died in the crash along with his wife, 63-year-old Karen Nichols, and 90-year-old Doris Louer. Three passengers and the driver, Robert Louer of FL were injured and taken to hospitals. There was no information on their injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.  Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a statement that everyone in the vehicle was wearing seat belts and alcohol was not a factor in the accident.

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Hurley Law Firm
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Norfolk, VA 23510
Office: 757-455-0077

Jim Hurley – Attorney at Law

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Almost every state has a law requiring children and adults to wear seat belts, but many of these laws have a crucial flaw: They typically don’t require adult rear passengers to buckle up.

It’s important that backseat riders wear their belts not only for their own safety but for the front passengers.

Even though seat belt use in the front seat has steadily grown over the years, lawmakers are concerned by the gap and in some instances, decline in seat belt use in the back seat.

Rear seat belt use stood at a 74 percent national average in 2008, compared with 83 percent for front-seat passengers, according to the National Highway Safety Administration.

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 25 states and the District of Columbia require front and rear passengers to buckle up.

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Hurley Law Firm
1100 Granby Street, Suite 100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Office: 757-455-0077

Jim Hurley – Attorney at Law

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One man died and four others were injured after a truck smashed into oncoming traffic about 4 p.m. Friday in Newport News, according to a news release.

Witnesses told police that the driver, James Campbell, of a Ford F-150 truck was slumped over his steering wheel as his vehicle traveled and went into the path of oncoming traffic.

The truck sideswiped a van and struck two cars, the release said. Another vehicle crashed into one of the other cars.

All five drivers were taken to an area hospital and treated for injuries.

Campbell, 70, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Norfolk, VA 23510
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 21-year-old Shannon Goldston was charged with malicious wounding, hit-and-run property damage, driving a motor vehicle while license is suspended or revoked, and reckless driving, according to Suffolk police reports.

Around 8:30am police were called after 27-year-old George Gates, Jr. was struck by a car.  Goldston had then fled the scene, while Gates was flown to the hospital for treatment.

Witnesses told police that Gates had been struck by the car intentionally during a domestic argument.

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Norfolk, VA 23510
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Ford is recalling Windstar minivans models from the years: 1998 to 2003.   462,750 Ford Windstar minivans have been recalled due to a rear axle that can fracture over time when exposed to corrosive materials used on roads in cold-weather areas.
 
The corrosion and stress can lead to cracks that can result in a “complete fracture” of the rear axle, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If this happens while the van is driving, it could lead to an automobile accident.
 
10 complaints of completely cracked rear axles are on NHTSA’s complaint website for just the 1998 model year. All were from 2009 or 2010, and a few mentioned mileage of 90,000 miles.
 
Ford will begin the recall on or before Sept. 27, and all service and parts will be covered free of charge if needed.

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Norfolk, VA 23510
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A fatal single car crash yesterday claimed the life of a 59-year-old Courtland woman.

The driver of the vehicle, Patricia Hornok, was traveling just before 1 a.m. when she ran off the road to the right, crossed a ditch and struck a high bank.

The vehicle overturned and Hornok was ejected.   She was not wearing her seatbelt.

She died at the scene.

The accident is under investigation.

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Norfolk, VA 23510
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Two people suffered serious injuries last Wednesday afternoon after crashing into a tree, officials said.

The crash which happened around 2pm after the victims were traveling west on Providence Road in a 2000 Hyundai Elantra when the driver lost control of the vehicle, swerved off the road to the right and struck a tree head-on.

Firefighters responded and had to cut the driver from the vehicle because he’d been pinned inside, said Officer Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman.

The driver, a 23-year-old male, and a passenger where transported to a local hospital for treatment for serious injuries, Bernstein said.

Speed was a factor in the crash, and neither victim was wearing a seatbelt, Bernstein said.

No criminal charges have been filed. The automobile accident remains under investigation.

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Norfolk, VA 23510
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Fatal car crash on Wednesday morning when a sport utility vehicle overturned on a Surry County roadway.

Sgt. Michelle Anaya of state police said the man was driving a 2001 GMC Jimmy on Route 613 around 4:40 a.m. when he lost control of the vehicle and went off the road. When he attempted to return to the roadway, the SUV flipped, crushing the roof on the driver’s side.

The motorist has not been identified to the media.

The accident remains under investigation.

 
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Hurley Law Firm
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Norfolk, VA 23510
Office: 757-455-0077

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If you are injured in an automobile accident and need a personal injury lawyer, contact the Hurley Law Firm.