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Family and UMass researchers urge committee to add motor coaches to state seatbelt law (S.2611)

6548420 · October 21, 2025
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Ann Shuey, founder of Sarah’s Wish Foundation, and John Kalura of the UMass Transportation Center urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to favor S.2611, which would require motor coach passengers to use seatbelts.

Ann Shuey, founder of Sarah’s Wish Foundation, and John Kalura of the UMass Transportation Center urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to favor S.2611, which would add motor coach passengers to the Commonwealth’s seatbelt law.

“Our daughter, Sarah, died in a motor coach crash, and we've always felt that if she was wearing a seat belt, she would still be alive today,” Ann Shuey told the committee. She…

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