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North Elementary students remember Daniel Lopez, a second-grader killed in a Highway 17 accident. Daniel was one of an unusually high number of deaths resulting from not wearing a seatbelt this year.

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Lack of seatbelt safety causes high number of traffic deaths in 2013
May 6, 2013 6:05 a.m.

Lack of seatbelt safety causes high number of traffic deaths in 2013

WENATCHEE - Early numbers show an alarming trend of people killed in traffic collisions while not wearing a seatbelt, raising concerns of local law enforcement.