MSP: Kalamazoo family survived pileup on I-94 due to seat belt use

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan State Police say a Kalamazoo family survived an eight-vehicle pileup on I-94 in October because they were using seat belts and child restraint seats.

Troopers this week recognized the 40-year-old mother, Jessica, and her two children, ten-year-old Adalynne and four-year-old Charlie, who were being driven to school when the crash happened.

Their SUV was forced through a guardrail and rolled several times down a steep embankment, and Trooper Jacob Onderlinde says he didn’t even know the vehicle was there until he was told when responding to the chaotic scene…

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