On Saturday, February 11, the Hawai‘i County Police Department in partnership with Target, Kona Community Hospital, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, and other community organizations, will hold a free child safety seat clinic.

During the event, which will take place in the Kailua-Kona Target parking lot located at 74-5455 Makala Boulevard from 9am to Noon, certified technicians will assist families with the proper installation of child safety seats, check for any factory recalls on seats and vehicles, and answer questions.
 
According to 2019 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the most recent year for available data, an average of two children under the age of 13 were killed and 374 were injured every day in the U.S. while riding in cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans. Thirty eight percent of the children who died in 2019 while riding in passenger vehicles were unstrained.
 
For more information call (808) 896-1940.

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