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Car in fatal N.S. accident did not have seatbelts
October 9, 2007
GlobeandMail.com
Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. -- A 54-year-old man who was killed while driving his 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sunday night near Halifax wasn't wearing a seatbelt because his car didn't have any.
An RCMP spokesman said with cars of a certain vintage, that's perfectly legal.
"They're antique vehicles and if there were not seatbelts installed in that vehicle by the factory, they don't have to install them," said Corporal Preston Levi.
The victim, a Halifax man whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was thrown from his red Corvette. The car left Highway 102 near Elmsdale and landed on its roof at the side of the road.
The Corvette was originally thought to be a motorcycle because it was so severely damaged.
October 9, 2007
GlobeandMail.com
Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. -- A 54-year-old man who was killed while driving his 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sunday night near Halifax wasn't wearing a seatbelt because his car didn't have any.
An RCMP spokesman said with cars of a certain vintage, that's perfectly legal.
"They're antique vehicles and if there were not seatbelts installed in that vehicle by the factory, they don't have to install them," said Corporal Preston Levi.
The victim, a Halifax man whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was thrown from his red Corvette. The car left Highway 102 near Elmsdale and landed on its roof at the side of the road.
The Corvette was originally thought to be a motorcycle because it was so severely damaged.