“…Abdominal aortic injuries associated with lumbar Chance fractures and mesenteric injuries secondary to seat belt use are rarely seen in the pediatric population. There have been 9 reported cases in the literature of this triad of injuries, including injury to the bowel, its mesentery, the lumbar spine, and the abdominal aorta, after motor vehicle collisions in pediatric patients [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. We present 3 additional cases to illustrate this unique injury association and review the current literature.…”