Mom Warns: Young Daughter’s Abdomen Sliced Open by Seatbelt, Because She Wasn’t in Childseat

Mom Warns: Young Daughter’s Abdomen Sliced Open by Seatbelt, Because She Wasn’t in Childseat
Courtesy of Shelly Martin
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A mother is warning others after an improperly fastened seatbelt left her 6-year-old daughter with health problems that she will endure for the rest of her life.

Shelly Martin received a call on Sept. 17, 2016, that changed her life. Her then-6-year-old daughter, Samantha Swartwout, had been involved in a serious car crash with her father.