ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – July 1 marks one year since a new seat belt law took effect, requiring everyone in a vehicle, front or back, to buckle up.
It has also been nearly six years since Christopher King, for whom the law is dedicated, died while riding in the back seat of a car that went airborne and landed on its side. Everyone else in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt and survived. King did not. The Christopher King Foundation says the law’s implementation was a major step, but there is still more work to be done.
“July 4, 2020, absolute worst night of our lives when you get that knock on the door by the chaplain police officer that your son is never coming home again,” said Christy King, Christopher’s mother…