Sonu Sood asks people to wear seat belts in road safety message days after wife Sonali Sood’s accident. Watch | Bollywood-OxBig News Network

He said, “There is a very important message. Last week, there was a very big accident in Nagpur in which my wife, her nephew and her sister were inside the car. The whole world has seen the condition of the car. You know that if anyone saved them, it was the seat belt.”

Sonu pointed out the common practice of not wearing a seat belt while sitting at the back of the car. He recalled the day of the accident and said that the car crash occurred minutes after his wife, Sonali, asked his sister-in-law Sunita to wear the seat belt, which eventually saved them.

“Especially those who sit in the back, they don’t wear seat belts. That day, when Sumita was also sitting in the car, my wife, who was there asked to wear the seat belt immediately. She wore the seat belt and the accident happened after a minute. And all three were safe because they wore the seat belt,” said Sonu.

He continued, “Ninety-nine out of 100 people who sit in the back never wear seat belts.” The actor urged the public to wear seat belts even while sitting at the back of the car.

“They feel that wearing the seat belt is only the responsibility of the person in front. I request all of you not to sit in the car without the seat belt. Many drivers just put a seat belt in front for effect. Seat belts never clip. And they feel that they have to save them from the police, so it is important to show the seat belt in front. Believe me, if you and your family have something attached, that seat belt, please wear it.”

He continued, “Whoever is sitting in the back, if you don’t have a seat belt, you don’t have a family. All the best, safe travels.” He captioned the post, “Seat belt nahin..To aapka parivaar nahin (Without seat belt there is no family)!!! Wear seat belts even if you are sitting in the rear seat.”

Sonali met with a major road accident on the Mumbai-Nagpur highway last month. She was then rushed to the hospital along with her relatives.