Juanita Collins still reaches to brace her daughter when an oncoming car doesn’t fully stop at an intersection.
The Alliance resident also slows way down when she drives through the intersection of state Route 619 and McCallum Avenue NE in Lexington Township. That’s where Collins was driving with her then 13-year-old daughter, Alyssa Barron, on Feb. 9 when another car failed to stop at a flashing red light and struck their vehicle.
The impact of the crash deployed the airbags and sent Collins’ car into a utility pole, which broke in half due to the impact.
Collins said she is thankful that she, Barron and the 19-year-old driver in the other car all had been wearing their seat belts. They each walked away from the crash with only cuts and bruises.