Siskiyou Daily News Siskiyou County has seen an increase in the number of deaths and serious injuries so far this year as a result of people not wearing their seat belts, said Yreka California Highway Patrol public information officer Greg Perkins. The latest fatal accident happened Saturday night, Jan. 23 on Highway 96, when the unrestrained driver of a Dodge pickup went over an embankment and was ejected from his vehicle, Perkins said. “Last year (Yreka CHP) investigated six fatal collisions, five involved unrestrained occupants,” Perkins said. “In the first four weeks of this year we are at half that number and 100% of the deceased have been unrestrained. I’ve been in this PIO position for four weeks and I already feel like a broken record with the seatbelt message.”