Ohio State Highway Patrol hosts 4th Saved by the Belt event at Kings Island
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On Oct. 11, the Ohio State Highway Patrol partnered with Kings Island to host a Saved by the Belt event. The event was held inside the amusement park. There were recipients nominated from the Patrol’s Jackson, Piqua and Wilmington districts.
Twenty individuals became members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Saved by the Belt club. Each recipient received a framed Saved by the Belt certificate, license plate and license plate bracket. Kings Island also provided each recipient and their family members with one-day admission tickets to the park. The tickets can be used today, or another day of their choosing.
Below are the recipients:
Kiersten Bellamy, 13, Bethel
Michael Bellamy, 42, Bethel
Dorothy “Anna” Brown, 39, Centerville
Lilian Brown, 12, Centerville
Jamiha Carter, 8, Bethel
Nidjah Carter, 9, Bethel
Shawna Carter, 40, Bethel
Amber Catching, 42, Fairfield
Evangeline Clark, 8, Centerville
India Clark, 9, Centerville
Desmond Dorsey, 22, Urbana
Daniel Hammonds Jr., 41, Otway
Cassie Napier, 32, Hamilton
Kingston Napier, 12, Hamilton
Brent Peaden, 57, Xenia
Mary Talbert, 36, McDermott
Sandra Townsend, 64, Franklin
James Washington, 33, Hamilton
Ny’omi Washington, 1, Hamilton
Dominick Williams, 24, Urbana.
The Saved by the Belt nomination is in recognition of wearing a safety belt when involved in a traffic crash, thus avoiding serious injury or death. From 2020 to current, there have been over 288,000 unbelted crashes on Ohio roadways. Of those crashes, over 2,800 were fatal crashes. During that same time, more than 62% of all fatal crashes involved an unbelted individual when a safety belt was available.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is an internationally accredited agency whose mission is to provide unbiased, professional public safety services through inclusion, collaboration and innovation.