December 5, 2025

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week starts September 15th. The importance of having your child strapped in correctly is crucial. Traffic crashes are the second leading cause of death for children under the age of one and the leading cause of death for kids and young adults from age one to 24.

Certified Child Seat Safety Technician, Miranda Staneslow, says everyone needs to be aware, all the time:

She and Ottawa Fire Department Captain Mike Wilson will tell us all about car seat safety and education on this week’s Community Perspective. Tune in tomorrow morning right after the 8 o’clock news to hear those conversations.