He said a child-restraint seat was in the truck, but wasn't secured. In this case, there were two in one seat and the seat wasn't even installed correctly. Leeper said not properly securing child-restraint seats is a common problem. It's also illegal to have more people in a vehicle than there are seat belts, and everyone younger than 18 must have a seat belt, Leeper said. Six of the 10 fatal crashes in Jacksonville this year involved people being thrown from vehicles because they weren't wearing seat belts, he said.
Crashes happen unexpectedly, and then it's too late.
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