The Indiana State Police is saying that the lives of a Munster woman and her infant were saved because both were wearing proper restraints when the woman crashed her vehicle on I-65 in Jasper County on Tuesday.

According to police, at 1:13 p.m. Samantha Kraal, 20, was southbound on I-65 at the 224 mile marker, four miles north of the Fair Oaks exit, when she entered a curve, lost control on wet pavement, left the roadway, hit the guardrail, and flipped and rolled her 2001 Mazda.

The vehicle landed on its roof in a pile of construction dirt, police said.

Kraal and her infant child escaped serious injury but were transported as a precautionary measure to Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer.

Kraal was issued a citation for speed too fast for conditions.

“Luckily, Kraal and her infant child were both properly restrained in a seat belt and child safety seat,” Trooper Dan Avitia said. “It was truly a miracle no one was seriously injured in this crash. This was a true example of what wearing your seat belt and placing your child properly in a child safety seat can do: Save your life.”

Posted 5/2/2012