NOBODY can say for sure what would have happened if the coach in which three teenagers were killed in the French Alps crash had been fitted with seat belts.
But Bolton pathologist Dr David Bisset told an inquest that the three children would probably have survived if they had been strapped in. Coroner Mr Martin Coppel said he was not in a position to say whether seat belts would have helped or hindered the youngsters.
We believe that any vehicle transporting children should have seat belts fitted. The fact that they are not compulsory in France is something that should now be borne in mind by anyone organising trips there.
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