Seat belts will not prevent every injury in every car accident. They do however reduce the risk of injury and death.
Sometime they fail to protect an occupant because of a defect or bad design. For example:
At about 2:30 p.m., yesterday Brockton police and fire responded to a call on Belmont Street. 
Upon arrival they discovered that a 2-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle.
The boy’s injuries required an ambulance to arrive on scene to transport him due to his injuries.
There are no further details at this time.
The Wednesday Saugus Police logs released information of a dog accident injury on Saturday. 
According to the logs, a car hit a dog that was on Lincoln Avenue. This occurred at 2 a.m. and the dog was taken to Woburn Animal Hospital.
There is no further word on the dog’s condition or the cause of the accident.
Wednesday’s Revere police logs were released and showed no less than six car accidents on Monday.
There was a report of a car accident on Brown Circle at 2:15 p.m. Monday.
The Target on Furlong Drive saw a car collision at 2:40 p.m. Monday.
There was a vehicle accident on Squire Road at 3:15 p.m. Monday
Ray’s Sunoco Service on Broadway reported another car accident at 3:38 p.m. Monday
The evening saw two car accidents, one at Bianco Inc. at 6:48 p.m., and one on Malden Street at 9:53 p.m..
Lynn Police logs released today indicate that a pair of car accidents occurred on Monday. 
The first collision was reported at 180 Commercial Street at nearly 2:00 p.m., and the second at almost 4 p.m. on Stanwood Street.
There is no word on whether injuries were sustained.
Shortly after midnight today, Bourne Barracks officers with the State Police were dispatched to a car accident on Route 195 East in Mattapoisett to discover that the driver died in the accident. 
The driver of the 2013 Toyota Camry was a nearly 40-year-old female resident of Bourne. Law enforcement officers have pieced together that she veered to the left toward the median and ran into a tree. There were no other passengers in the vehicle. Officials have not yet released her identity.
What caused the woman to veer off and crash is still unknown. The State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crime Scene Services Section, Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office investigators, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will be looking further into the cause.
A Massachusetts trucking accident will lead to debilitating injuries and enormous medical expenses. Having the best evidence possible will make it more likely that you get the settlement offer you deserve. You need evidence which shows clearly that the truck driver or company acted negligently. A knowledgeable 
Massachusetts personal injury lawyer can help you though this process.
You absolutely need a lawyer to walk you through a trucking accident personal injury case. The issues in these types of lawsuits can be complex. Generally there are three major pieces of evidence that your lawyer will want you obtain for your in your lawsuit.
This evening, a 3-year-old Woburn boy was submerged underwater in a swimming pool and lost his life. Woburn law enforcement officials were dispatched to the boy’s home on Marlbourough Road close to 5:00 p.m. in response to a 911 report about a child that could not be located. 
When the officers arrived at the home, they learned the boy had been missing for over an hour. When the police entered the property, the boy’s body was located in the swimming pool behind the house. There was nothing on top of the pool, and it contained foliage but was not full to the top with water.
The toddler was not conscious when retrieved from the pool. He was immediately transported to Burlington’s Lahey Hospital where he was officially declared dead at 9 p.m due to drowning.
According to the Massachusetts State Police and Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the boy was likely in the pool for quite some time. Due to the toddler’s age, his identity will remain private. There is an ongoing investigation.
In a Massachusetts personal injury lawsuit, a monetary award is meant to compensate you for your injuries from an accident. This means giving you back, in some form, what you have lost, if possible. These are sometimes simple things like property loss and medical expenses. However, the level of pain and 
suffering can be difficult to put into monetary terms.
Here are some definitions of “damages” you will hear about in your case:
At 8:58 a.m. on Tuesday, Belmont Police responded to reports of a car accident at Belmont Street and Newton Street. 
The incident involved a 2011 BMW, whose driver was a female resident of Belmont. The female driver hit a man on a bicycle; the man was also a Belmont resident. His left leg sustained injuries in the accident.
According to the victim, the woman driving the BMW did not stop for him while she was trying to turn left toward Langdon Avenue. She ran into him as she was driving on Belmont Street. The man was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital. The woman states the man was not visible to her when she attempted her turn in Watertown.
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