This happened very close to where I live and I saw the news footage that night. The collision was so powerful the front axel of the Jeep was sheered off and the driver was killed instantly. The mother was in IC for weeks and was touch and go for about 5 days.
The only injury the little guy got was a scratch on his cheek from broken glass so get the best car seat for Bubba and take the time to drop by the police station or fire hall to make sure you installed it correctly.
ALLISTON -- One year after he survived a deadly car crash, Baby Owen runs and waddles through his home, squealing and laughing, unaware that he is the unofficial spokesbaby for child car seats.
With adoring eyes, his mother, April Sobisch, 31, looks at him and recounts with a clear memory how she was driving along Hwy. 400 in Barrie, her baby strapped in his car seat, when suddenly a Jeep Cherokee headed straight at her.
Today she celebrates the anniversary of that horrible crash, when her Pontiac Grand Prix was hit head-on by the wrong-way driver last year.
Firefighters had to rip the roof off the crumpled vehicle to extract Sobisch.
SON WAS ALIVE
With almost every bone in her body crushed or broken and a ruptured liver and spleen, she recalls how Barrie firefighter Brian Gray gently held her head in his hands as she lay trapped and told her her son was alive.
"I can't describe how those words made me feel," said Sobisch. "It was a feeling of relief, of peace, of calm. It gave me the strength to survive."
Sure enough, 7-month-old Owen was safe and sound in his Eddie Bauer car seat.
His mom was airlifted to Toronto, where she spent months in a hospital bed.
And while she still uses canes to walk longer distances, she is no longer in a wheelchair and she believes her son's survival gave her the courage to keep trying to recover.
Next month Sobisch and a group of volunteers will visit area high schools to educate them on car and seat belt safety.