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BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: Heartbreak crash kills mom, newborn

Lancaster police say David E. Zoller, 33, of Littleton was driving a white van Saturday night [April 22, 2006] that crossed the center line on Route 62 and crashed into the side of the car where seat-belted, 21-year-old expectant mother [Katelyn M.] Disessa was sitting.

Just something to remember the next time a traffic cop says he's never had to unbuckle a dead victim.

Danielle Simas of Shewsbury was killed in a crash on February 25, 2000 after her 1994 Nissan Maxima skidded off Interstate 290. State Police Sgt. Timothy White noted that Simas was ejected through the rear window even though she was wearing a seatbelt.

A number of prominent bicyclists are killed in accidents, and more often than not they're wearing helmets.

UpdateTrooper Paul Barry was wearing a seat belt in the early hours of June 15 when, driving-while-tired from working a detail after his regular job with the State Police, he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and drifted into the breakdown lane, where he struck a truck, and later died of his injuries.