Girl, 3, is killed in horror crash that sent her car seat flying out of mom’s SUV
A 3-year-old girl died in a car crash in Utah after she was thrown from her mother’s car while still in her car seat.
Norma Jones, 35, and her toddler daughter, Rosie Jones, of Duchesne, were on their way to pick up food when they were thrown from the front seats of their Volkswagen Passat in a head-on collision that killed them both. Tuesday, KSL reported.
Her other two children, 6-year-old Anthony and 11-year-old Freddie, were also in the car but miraculously survived the wreck.
Initially, Utah Highway Patrol reported that no one in the car was wearing a seat belt, but the department believes Freddie may have been wearing one.
Now the family is promoting the importance of wearing a seat belt.
Norma Jones, 35, and her toddler daughter, Rosie Jones, 3, were killed in a car crash in Utah on Tuesday after being thrown from the front seats of the car without wearing seat belts
Jones and three of her children were on their way to pick up food from the Herber Food Bank on US-40 in Wasatch County on Tuesday afternoon when her car crossed the line into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a Dodge Ram pickup.
“Seeing Freddie here with us today really gave me an eye-opener as to why you should wear a seat belt,” Fred Jones, Norma’s surviving husband, told KSL.
“It’s a miracle that two of my four are with us today.”
The family was on their way to pick up food from the Herber Food Bank on US-40 in Wasatch County Tuesday afternoon when her car crossed the line into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a Dodge Ram pickup. Fox 13 reported.
Jones and her daughter both sat in the front seat of the car, unrestrained.
The three-year-old child was ejected completely from the car and Jones was partially ejected from the car, killing them both on impact.
The 3-year-old child was ejected completely from the car while still in her car seat, and Jones was partially ejected from the car, killing them both on impact
The two surviving boys were in the backseat at the time of the crash and were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Six-year-old Anthony was released from Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City on Thursday after suffering a broken back, ribs and a dislocated hip, KSL added.
He is said to be recovering from back surgery.
Eleven-year-old Freddie was grazed but suffered minimal injuries.
The two men in the pickup were taken to the hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries. Luckily they were wearing seat belts.
Her other two children, 6-year-old Anthony and 11-year-old Freddie, were also in the car but miraculously survived the wreck
The two men in the pickup were taken to the hospital by ambulance with non-life-threatening injuries and were fortunately wearing seat belts.
Jones was described as a devoted figure to both her children and her husband.
Fred Jones took to Facebook on Wednesday to mourn his wife and share an album of family photos.
“Today my family suffered a loss, I will miss you two, I love you Norma Jones, Rose Jones, RIP,” the caption read. “We are Joneses forever.”
Norma Garcia, Norma’s mother, told KSL, “The best mother in the world. I took care of you kids.”
Highway 40 was closed for several hours as crews cleared debris from the accident, Fox 13 added.
Drivers were told to avoid the area until later that evening due to the nearly five-mile traffic jam.
“What I can say to anyone who drives a car or has a family and loved ones like me… I would put on the seat belt,” Fred told KSL.
Using a seat belt is the most effective way to save lives in the event of an accident. They reduce the number of accidents caused by accidents by about half CDC reported.
Fred Jones, Norma’s husband, stressed the importance of wearing a seat belt after losing his daughter and wife in the accident
Fred believes it’s a miracle that two of his four loved ones were able to survive the wreck, becoming emotional during an interview in which he hugged one of his surviving children.
Jones was described as a devoted figure to both her children and her husband and further described as ‘the best mother’
Yet millions of people still forget to fasten their seat belts while on the road.
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of death among people ages 1 to 54 in the United States.
In 2021, 26,000 people died in car accidents. More than half of those killed (51 percent to 61 percent) were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
In 2017 alone, the use of seat belts saved nearly 15,000 lives.
A family friend of the Jones family has one GoFundMe for support that has already raised $12,343.
Fred is now the sole caregiver for his five remaining children.