Berwick plans seat belt checkpoint Thursday

The Berwick Police Department announced that it will conduct another Seat Belt Checkpoint in conjunction with the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation/ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Click-it or Ticket campaign

The checkpoint will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday in the town limits of Berwick.

Berwick police would like to remind drivers that not all crashes are survivable, but statistics show that wearing your seat belt is the single most effective thing you can do to increase your chances of surviving a crash and / or limiting the severity of injuries during the event of a crash.