![]() Christopher Gerald Willis, 20 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. At 16:42 CDT on 27 September 2008, he
was driving his motorcycle south on Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Alabama when a drunk driver, 63, 0.365% BAC cut him off. The drunk driver was later
convicted of murder.
AL.com ... Cached WKRG-TV Channel 5 ... Cached | ![]() Leon Joseph Smith, 63 |
![]() Shanice Patrice Carter, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally in
California. The driver who allegedly crossed onto the wrong side and killed her at age 18
on 27 March 2007 faces felony charges including drunk driving (0.16%). He is 63 years old.
KXTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached KXTV-TV Channel 10 Sacramento Bee KFBK-AM 1530 kHz [convicted] Sacramento Bee ...Cached | ![]() Roberto Vellanoweth, 63 |
Jacob Clemmons, 20 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 14 April 2008, he was riding in a car when a driver, 60, allegedly drove drunk (0.165% BAC) and ran a stop sign at County Road 68 and North Holly Street in Loxley, Alabama, and crashed into him. She is charged with manslaughter.
WPMI-TV Channel 15 WKRG-TV Channel 5 Press-Register ... Cached | ![]() Carolyn Middleton, 60 |
Ashley Rose Griffin, 6 May 1988 - 4 April 2007 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally in North Carolina. On 4 April 2007, a drunk pickup truck driver crossed onto her side of South Point Road near Belmont and struck her head-on, killing her at 18. He was 60 years old. Add another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to the official tally that fuels political debate, guides the legislative process and promotes prejudice against teenagers.
WCNC-TV Channel 6 WSOC-TV Channel 9 |
![]() Nels Keith Jacobson 8 January 1987 - 10 June 2005 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 10 June 2005, he was a passenger in
a car that was struck head-on by a drunk (0.16%) driver. Friends helped her out to her vehicle because she was too drunk to walk.
WEAU-TV Channel 13 WSAW-TV Channel 7 Funeral Home obituary | ![]() Katherine Arrowood, 59 |
![]() James Roberts, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 21 November 2009 at 22:00 EST, he was driving a car eastbound on Interstate 64 near the Teays Valley exit ramp in Putnam County, West Virginia when an allegedly drunk (0.079% BAC) driver, 57, driving a tractor trailer crashed into him. The suspect is charged with
DWI causing death, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident causing injury, one count of DUI in a commercial vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident causing death. But at least he wasnt drinking under age.
(Although 0.08 is the usual blood-alcohol limit cited in a DUI, the legal limit is 0.04 for commercial vehicles.)
WSAZ-TV Channel 3 ... Cached Charleston Gazette ... Cached Charleston Gazette ... Cached WCHS-AM 580 kHz ... Cached | ![]() Breazeale Norris, 57 |
![]() Samantha Maier, 15 |
On 5 May 2007 this girl was riding in a Chevrolet Blazer on
U.S. 51 in the Town of Arlington, Wisconsin when a
drunk driver, 57, 0.288% BAC crossed over onto their side and struck them head on.
Journal Sentinel Obituary Journal sentinel ... Cached |
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This soldier never got a chance to drink legally. He was killed
at 19 in a crash on 6 January 2007. A 56-year-old drunk driver, with two prior DWIs pled guilty to vehicular homicide involving alcohol and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
WMC-TV Channel 5 ... Cached Memphis Commercial Appeal [sentenced] ... Cached |
Ricky Willis, 56
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![]() LaDarius Favorite, 15 |
This boy and his 13-year-old cousin were both killed. At 0:05 CDT on Sunday, 6 April 2008, they were riding in a Mazda 626 on the Interstate 10 Service Road at west of LA Hwy 3246 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, returning from the movies. A Toyota Pickup truck, traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed into the rear of the Mazda 626. The impact forced the Mazda to rotate and rollover several times prior to coming to rest in a ditch to the right of the road. The Toyota continued east, exited the roadway to the left and stopped in a ditch on the left side of the road. The driver of the Toyota, Mr. Chris Michael Bourgeois (Male/Age 56) of Peachtree, GA, was not injured and refused medical attention. He was placed under arrest and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. Mr. Bourgeois is charged with Driving While Intoxicated (1st Offense), Reckless Operation, Vehicle Homicide (2 counts) and Vehicular Negligent Injuring (2 counts).
Louisiana State Police news release ... Cached The Advocate ... Cached WAFB-TV Channel 9 ... Cached WBRZ-TV Channel 2 [includes video] | ![]() Chris Michael Bourgeois, 56 |
![]() Brian DeLong, 17 |
This boy was killed and his 3 teenage friends
were badly hurt on 1 October 2005 when they were struck from behind
as they were walking down the Route 3 in Richland, New York. The criminal, age 55, 0.23% BAC, was charged
with DWI and entered a plea bargain
for criminally negligent homicide. A survivor says the drivers headlights werent even on.
Baldwinsville Daily News WWNY-TV Channel 7 WSTM-TV Channel 3 WSTM-TV Channel 3 |
![]() Terrance Wilson, 55 |
Hannah Hupke, 17 |
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An inverted sign told this girl to go the wrong way on U.S.
65/69 near Carlisle, Iowa on 9 June 2005, so the drunk driver,
who was 55 and had 0.184% BAC, only got probation. Another teenager killed in a
drunk driving crash. Des Moines Register ... KCCI-TV Channel 8 |
![]() Michael Vesey, 55 |
![]() Victoria Lemus, 16 |
This girl was riding in a red Kia Sedona on 1 July 2008 when a drunk driver, 55, (0.08% BAC and testing positive for cocaine) in a silver Chrysler 300M ran a red light at the intersection of Fifth and E Streets in San Bernardino, California and struck the Kia, killing her at 16.
Inside SoCal ... Cached The Press-Enterprise ... Cached The Press-Enterprise ... Cached | ![]() Dwight Dalton Davis, 55 |
![]() Katelyn Contraros, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was driving on Route 111 in
Windham, New Hampshire on 30 October 2005 when a drunk driver, 53, crossed onto her side and slammed into her head-on, killing her.
WBZ-TV Channel 4. WMUR-TV Channel 9. [includes video] Eagle-Tribune. | ![]() Jack Webb, 53 |
Adam Klingensmith, 16 |
This boy was helping an elderly woman whose car broke down, at 22:30 on 28 December 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana when he was struck and killed. Police suspect alcohol was involved but have not filed drunk-driving charges because so much time elapsed between the accident and the arrest, accident investigator Sgt. Tom Oster said. The suspect has 3 prior DWIs. He drove 9 blocks with the victims body on his car.
KTBS-TV Channel 3 Shreveport Times Shreveport Times 4 Jan. 2010 ... Cached |
Jimmy Ray White, 52
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Andrew Keating, 15 |
This boy was walking his bike across the
street at St. Louis Avenue and West 115th Street in Chicago, Illinois
at 22:30 on 30 June 2005 when he was run over. The driver, age 51, was drunk, had a suspended license and no insurance.
WMAQ-TV Channel 5 WLS-TV Channel 7 WBBM-AM 780 kHz Daily Southtown Chicago Tribune WLS-TV Channel 7 |
Johnny Leland, 51 |
![]() Sharmelia Jeffries, 4 Feb. 1986 - 2 Dec. 2003 |
On 2 December 2003 this girl was walking to the bus stop after school at 19th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard
in Oak Park,
California minding her own business when a drunk driver, 50, 0.17% BAC, with a suspended license and three prior
DWIs struck her and killed her, then kept driving.
KXTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached KCRA-TV Channel 3 ... Cached KCRA-TV Channel 3 ... Cached Sacramento County District Attorney ... Cached | ![]() Kenneth Bartholomew, 50
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![]() Danielle Woodruff, 17 |
This girl was driving a 1990 Ford east on Route 20 west of Plantz Road, east of Marysville, California at 17:55 PST on 14 January 2009 when a drunk driver, 50, in a 1993 Mercury crossed onto her side and struck her head on. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the misleading statistics.
Appeal-Democrat ... Cached Appeal-Democrat ... Cached [sentence] KHSL-TV Channel 12 ... Cached Appeal-Democrat ... Cached KFSN-TV Channel 30 ... Cached Sacramento Bee ... Cached KXTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached | ![]() Lorenzo Flores-Aguilar, 50 |
![]() Sarah Mullenbach, 17 |
On 3 July 2004 at 18:30 CDT, as this girl was driving
home from a friends house, a drunk driver, 49, 0.27% BAC was
on his way home from a bar. He had spent most of the day drinking beer at Riverfest.
His car veered over the centerline of U.S. 53 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and hit her car head-on.
Journal sentinel Memorial website |
Kimberly S. Hobbs, 16 ![]() |
Did you know what the statistics on
teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes. really mean? This girl was
riding to her grandmothers house after school on 28 November 2006. She was killed, and the girl driving, also 16, was seriously hurt by a drunk,
age 49, BAC 0.23%, who drove his S.U.V. onto their side of Neely Store Road in
Rock Hill, South Carolina and struck them head-on.
WSOC-TV Channel 9 (crash) WSOC-TV Channel 9 (sentence) |
William Brown, 49 |
Clint A. Erickson, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He
was killed when a drunk driver, age 48, 0.195% BAC, ran a red light at the intersection of Highway 100 and
Beloit Road in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 28 January 2006, just before midnight, and crashed into him. His passengers, both 17, were hurt.
Greenfield NOW ... Journal-Sentinel Online WISN-TV Channel 12 ... WISN-TV Channel 12 Journal Sentinel |
Terry Kletzien, 48 |
Rebecca Siebenmorgen, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was on her
Yamaha motorcycle headed north on Highway 1 about 10 km south of Half Moon Bay at 18:00 on 1
October 2005, when a Ford Ranger pickup truck drifted across the center line and hit her
head-on. The driver, 47, fled the scene. He was charged with five felonies, including
second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter under the influence of drugs.
Santa Cruz Sentinel ... San Mateo Daily Journal Obituary ... KRON-TV Channel 4 |
Heidi Jeanne Strodtman 8 July 1987 -21 April 2007 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
On 21 April 2007, she was killed when her car was hit head-on by a pickup truck going the
wrong way. The pickup truck driver, 47, faces drunk driving and manslaughter charges.
Columbia Tribune Columbia Missourian KMIZ-TV Channel 17 Columbia Tribune (sentence) Funeral home obituary |
Donald Thompson, 47 |
![]() Bradley Duncan Norris 4 Oct. 1988 - 30 Sep. 2008 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 30 September 2008 at 13:43 CDT he was heading south on Interstate 540 near the Bobby Harper Tunnel in Washington County, Arkansas when a drunk driver, 47, (0.16% BAC) going the wrong way, struck him head on.
The Cabin ... Cached [obituary] The Morning News ... Cached KHBS-TV Channel 40 ... Cached Northwest Arkansas Times ... Cached [sentence] KTHV-TV Channel 11 ... Cached State Police crash report ... Cached | ![]() Richard Meinke born 21 Oct. 1960 |
| These four teenagers were in a red Chevy Cobalt on Gratiot Avenue near
Masonic Boulevard in Roseville, Michigan on 16 March 2009 at 20:30 EDT, waiting at a red light, when allegedly, a drunk driver, 47, in a full-sized van, spun out of control, struck a light pole and then struck them. Media offer conflicting reports of her blood-alcohol content as 0.20% and 0.23%.
WDIV-TV Channel 4 ... Cached MSNBC ... Cached The Detroit News ... Cached The Detroit News ... Cached The Detroit News ... Cached WXYZ-TV Channel 7 ... Cached WWJ-AM 950 kHz ... Cached The Macomb Daily ... Cached Detroit Free Press ... Cached MLive ... Cached YouTube | ![]() Frances Patricia Dingle, 47 |
![]() Grace Chamberlain and Andrew Hopkins, both 18 |
WKBN-TV Channel 27 ... |
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This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was riding his motorcycle on
Route 47 toward Wildwood, New Jersey on 21 June 2008 when he was killed in a head-on crash with an SUV. The other driver,
47, has been charged with DWI. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.
WMGM-TV Channel 40 Bridgeton News Press of Atlantic City Daily Journal Cape May County Courthouse ... Cached |
![]() Che Skaggs, 16 |
This guy wasnt even on the roadway when a
drunk (0.23% BAC) driver, 47, struck and killed him at 4503 Claibornes Road near Mebane, North Carolina, at 17:14 EST on 11 February 2008. The suspect drove down the road, called
9-1-1 then went into Three Points Grill, ordered a cheeseburger, then drove back to the crash scene.
The suspect is charged with drunk driving.
WRAL-TV Channel 5 ... News and Observer WNCN-TV Channel 17 ... WTVD-TV Channel 11 Burlington Times News | ![]() Scott Belling, 47 |
![]() Meghann Marie Smith 26 September 1990 - 26 October 2008 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 26 October 2008 at 03:50 CDT, she was watching her boyfriend change a flat tire in the 12000 block of West Davis Street (Hwy 105 West) in Conroe, Texas,
when a drunk driver, 46, failed to maintain a single lane and struck her, then fled the scene.
Montgomery County Monitor ... Cached KHOU-TV ... Cached DWI Tracker |
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These women never got a chance to drink legally. Their car had the green light on 3 June 2008 in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. The other driver, 45, has bee
n charged with two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.
Green Bay Press Gazette WBAY-TV Channel 2 WBAY-TV Channel 2 Fox 11 Chicago Tribune ... Cached Green Bay Press-Gazette ... Cached WBAY-TV Channel 2 ... Cached |
Anrietta Monique Geske, 45 |
![]() Allison Joy Angerman, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was waiting at a red light on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on 30 June 2006 when she was struck head-on and killed. The other driver was 44, driving left of center, fleeing a police chase and was drunk and high on marijuana. Two people in another car were hurt. She got 45 years.
Emerald Coast WJHG-TV Channel 7 Northwest Florida Daily News |
Sharon Martin, 44 |
![]() Kassie Lee, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was driving a 2002 Dodge Neon on
Highway 105 in Hardin County, Texas in March 2007 when a drunk driver, 44, in a 1999 Dodge Dakota crossed onto her
side and struck her head-on.
Beaumont Enterprise ... Cached KFDM-TV Channel 6 ... Cached Beaumont Enterprise ... Cached | ![]() Kimberly Gore Brown, 44 |
![]() Curtis Jacobs, 19 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was riding a bicycle on Quincy Street, near Holland in Olive Township, Michigan on 27 June 2009 at 08:30 EDT when a drunk (0.18% BAC) driver, 44, with four prior DWI convictions ran the stop sign at U.S. 31 and struck him, then fled the scene.
MLive ... Cached WWMT-TV Channel 3 ... Cached WHTC-AM 1450 kHz ... Cached WZZM-TV Channel 13 ... Cached WOOD-TV Channel 8 ... Cached Grand Haven Tribune ... Cached | ![]() Kevin Babcock, 44
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Cameron Charles Tessin, 18 |
This man (who had been a student at Washington State School for the Blind)
never got a chance to drink legally.
On 21 December 2006,
he was killed when the car he was riding in was struck head-on by a pickup truck.
Investigators say the driver, 44, was drunk. He already had two DWI convictions.
Funeral Home Memorial KING-TV Channel 5 MySpace Page |
![]() Jonathon Kramnic, 17 |
This guy was driving a Toyota Camry westbound on County Road 35 in St. Michael, Minnesota on 21 November 2009 at 18:25 CST.
Witnesses told police a black Chevrolet Silverado truck, without its headlights on, hit his car head-on.
That driver, 44, with a prior DWI involving injury and another DWI pending, faces charges pending results of a blood test. Authorities said they smelled alcohol on him. Minneapolis Star Tribune ... Cached Minneapolis Star Tribune ... Cached KSTP-TV Channel 5 ... Cached KSTP-TV Channel 5 ... Cached | ![]() Todd Lifto, 44
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Alisha Garcia, 17 |
Alisha García, 17, was killed; Arissa García, 15, was seriously
hurt, and four other family members were killed on 11 November 2006 near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
They were struck by a pickup truck whose driver was 44 and already had three DWI convictions. He was
driving drunk, 0.32%, and going the wrong way on Interstate 25.
Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers. http://www.madd.org/aboutus/1272 Santa Fe New Mexican |
Dana Pabst, 44 |
Mayada Jafar, 15, and cousin Athear Jafar, 16 |
This should help you understand statistics on
teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes. These were two of Allahs obedient teetotallers. They died on the scene after being hit from behind by a blue 2005 Kia Optima that swerved onto the shoulder where the girls were walking along Kinnelon Road in Kinnelon, New Jersey on 20 April 2006. The victims were propelled into the air.
The suspect, age 44, tested 0.305% BAC.
NJ.COM ... WABC-TV Channel 7 ... WCBS-TV Channel 2 NJ.COM ... Cached [claims pathological intoxication] |
Eugene Baum, Jr., 44 |
![]() Elena Bright Shapiro, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 11 September 2009 at 20:30 EDT, she was driving on Strickland Road near Lead Mine Road in Raleigh, North Carolina when an allegedly drunk driver, 42, 0.19% BAC, with a prior DWI conviction, crashed into her and killed her.
My NC ... Cached WXII-TV Channel 12 ... Cached My NC ... Cached WRAL-TV Channel 5 ... Cached WTVD-TV Channel 11 ... Cached Daily Tar heel ... Cached | ![]() Dr. Raymond Cook, 42
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Jacob Brock and Jennifer Kois, both 19 |
These college students never got a chance to drink legally.
They were killed at age 19 on 22 March 2007, and the other driver, 42, who blew a 0.29%, faces
first-degree murder charges.
Denver Post Vail Daily News Boulder Daily Camera ... Cached |
Patrick Strawmatt, 42 |
![]() Marcus Keppert, 15 |
This boy was walking home from a friends house at 0:33 PDT on 6 May 2006. The collision happened
at the intersection of Almaden Expressway and Camden Avenue in San Jose, California. (The victim was wearing dark clothes at night, walking in a
crosswalk against
a red light.) A drunk (0.18% BAC) driver, 42, on probation for a prior DWI struck him, killed him, and fled the scene.
Weekly Almaden Times ...Cached KGO-TV Channel 7 ... Cached KGO-TV Channel 7 ... Cached Weekly Almaden Times ... Cached The Almaden resident ... Cached KLIV-AM 1590 kHz ... Cached San Jose Merucry News ... Cached | ![]() George Xinos, 42
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![]() Jacklyn Gavares, 15 |
This girl was riding in a Volkswagen Jetta that was backing out of a driveway and onto Spotswood-Englishtown Road in Monroe, New Jersey at 20:46 on 4 November 2008. Allegedly, a drunk driver, 42, crashed his 1989 Dodge Dakota pickup truck into the rear of the Jetta, then got out and ran home.
The Star Ledger (nj.com) ... Cached The Star-Ledger (nj.com) ... Cached MyCentralJersey.com ... Cached Suburban ... Cached Memorial | ![]() William Bebert, 42 |
![]() Katlynn Bossler, 15 |
On 19 July 2009 at 22:30 EDT, this girl was outside her
home on Francis Scott Key Highway in Keymar, Maryland, talking to some friends who were in a 1998 Chevy Prizm
that pulled up, when a man, 42, driving a 1992 Ford F-150 pickup and reeking of alcoholic drink
crossed onto the wrong side and struck the Prizm, which struck her.
After consultation with the Carroll County State’s Attorneys Office, troopers charged the guy with negligent manslaughter by automobile, negligent automobile homicide while under the influence, negligent homicide by automobile while impaired, driving a vehicle while under the influence, driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol per se, driving while impaired by alcohol, negligent driving, reckless driving, failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to exercise due care to avoid a pedestrian collision, and consuming an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway. But at least he wasnt drinking under age. He plea-bargained and faces 12-18 months for negligent homicide. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the official tally. WJZ-TV Channel 13 ... Cached (.MDI) WJZ-TV Channel 13 ... Cached (.MDI) WUSA-TV Channel 9 ... Cached WBAL-TV Channel 11 ... Cached BayNet.com ... Cached | ![]() Kevin Smith, 42 |
![]() Amanda Laurenson, 17 |
This girl was driving a white Acura RSX, turning onto Crabapple Drive from
Blom Boulevard in the Southern Hills neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana on 3 April 2004 when
a drunk driver, 41, 0.13% BAC, with a prior DWI conviction, driving 112 km/h broadsided her and killed her. The drunk driver
was speeding straight through the intersection, left of center.
Shreveport Police Department KTBS-TV Channel 3 KSLA-TV Channel 12 KLFY-TV Channel 10 KTAL-TV Channel 6 [video included] Shreveport Times [sentence increased] Appeals Court ruling [.PDF] | ![]() William Gourdine, 41
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![]() Adrienne Keil, 17 |
This girl was walking down the 5500 block of
Penn Avenue in Friendship, Pennsylvania
on 27 January 2007 at 21:15 when a drunk driver, age 41, 0.153% BAC, already under suspension
for a prior DWI, drove a 1994 grey Dodge Caravan over the curb, onto the sidewalk, killing the
girl and injuring a man who was walking with her.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [funeral] WPXI-TV Channel 11 KDKA-TV Channel 2 WTAE-TV Channel 4 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (sentence) KDKA-TV Channel 2 (sentence) | ![]() Angelo Rodriguez, 41
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![]() Jason Honey, 16 |
This boy was driving north on Route 534 in Jonas, Pennsylvania on 19 January 2006 at 22:45 EST. He was killed when a southbound drunk (0.24% BAC) driver, 41, with two prior DWI convictions. crossed over into the northbound lane and struck him head-on.
She got three to seven years. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the statistics that fuel political debate, guide the legislative process and promote prejudice against teenagers.
WNEP-TV Channel 16 ... Cached WNEP-TV Channel 16 ... Cached Pocono Record ... Cached Pocono Record ... Cached Pocono Record ... Cached | ![]() Mary Katherine Diresse, 41
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Lauren Berglund, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was
walking home on Route 9 in Boulder
Creek, California on 14 May 2007 when she got hit. The suspect is 40, tested 0.20%, was driving on a suspended
license, already had two DWI convictions,
and allegedly crashed into a guard rail several times before hitting her. But
at least she wasnt drinking under age.
Santa Cruz Sentinel ... Santa Cruz Sentinel ... Obituary ... KSBW-TV Channel 8 |
April Dawn Jackson, 40 |
Louis Calandrino, Jr., 19 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. The drunk driver who killed him had two prior DWIs. He got 170 days.
KMBC-TV Channel 9 | ![]() Michael Binggeli, 40
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![]() Dilcia Peña, 16 |
A drunk (0.16%) cop ran over and killed this girl, her sister and nephew as they were
crossing the street in Brooklyn, New York on 4 August 2001.
Court TV New York Times New York Times CNN CBS News CBS News |
Joseph Gray, 40 |
Joshua Milana, 20
Morgan Hohnbaum, 18 | This man and this woman never got a chance to
drink legally. On 10 June 2007 at 01:00, at the intersection of North 84th Street
and Havelock Avenue in Lincoln, Nebraska,
their motorcycle was cut off by a left-turning drunk driver, age 39, who was
driving on a suspended license and blew 0.15%. The suspect already had one
DWI conviction.
Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln Journal Star KOLN/KGIN TV Channels 10 & 11 (Video included) KOTA-TV KMTV-TV Channel 3 Lincoln Journal Star [sentence] KFOR-AM 1240 kHz [sentence] |
Brett Griffin, 39 |
Matthew Kato, 17 |
This boy was killed about 21:00 on 21 July 2004 when a car
traveling at high speed westbound on Lehigh Station Road collided with his car, which was
turning onto Lehigh Station off Beckwith Road in Henrietta, New York. The other driver, 39,
pleaded guilty to felony charges of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree vehicular
assault and a misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated. Another teenager
killed in a drunk driving crash.
Get a load of this: The
family asked that donations be made to MADD,
which promotes bigotry against people under 21.
Democrat and Chronicle ... R News ... R News |
Jonathan Baugh, 17 |
This boy was killed 17 October 2006. The drunk driver, 39, was going the wrong way on U.S. 30.
He already had one DWI conviction, was wanted for a second DWI charge, and was driving on a revoked license.
Iowa State Daily KCCI-TV Channel 8 KCRG-TV Channel 9 WHO-TV Channel 13 WHO-TV Channel 13 |
Phillip Stephens, 39 |
![]() Christopher Brown, 17 |
As this boy was driving home from work at a
sandwich shop, on 26 January 2008 at 22:00. As he approached the intersection of State Avenue and 86th
street in Kansas City, Kansas, he was rear-ended by a driver, 39, who was charged with drunken driving, aggravated battery and criminal use of a weapon, for carrying an unlicensed concealed gun, police said.
But at least the suspect wasnt drinking under age.
Kansas City Star KMBC-TV Channel 9 KCTV-TV Channel 5 | ![]() Eric Snitz, 39 |
Jonathan Z. Martin, 15 |
Another victim to add to the statistics on teenagers killed in
drunk driving crashes. This boy was driving a golf cart on County Road 47 in Parishville, New York on 30 March 2007
when he was struck. The driver, age 39, with a prior DWAI and a prior DWI conviction
tested 0.18%. KXTV-TV Channel 10 Now WWNY-TV Channel 7 Memorial page (.PDF) |
Richard Hayes, 39
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![]() Cooper Campbell, 15 |
This boy was a passenger in a limousine near mile 14 on the Maine Turnpike
on the night of 28 April 2008 when a wrong-way driver, 38, with two prior drunk driving convictions
struck the limo head on. The wrong-way driver has been charged with drunk driving and two counts of manslaughter.
Portland Press Herald Sun Journal Seacoast Online WMTW-TV Channel 8 | ![]() Donna Bartlett, 38
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![]() Anthony Mayoral, 15 |
This guy was riding in a 1999 Chevy Astro minivan on Interstate 37
near Three Rivers, Texas with his family on a trip to Mexico at 03:00 CST on 21 December 2006. A drunk driver, 38,
rear-ended the van with a 2006 Chevrolet Z71, sending the van tumbling into the median. Henry Mayoral, 17, was also
injured in the crash. Their mother and grandmother were both killed.
San Antonio Express-News ... Cached KSAT-TV Channel 12 ... Cached KSAT-TV Channel 12 ... Cached WOAI-TV Channel 4 ... Cached San Antonio Express-News ... Cached |
![]() Christopher Matthew Daniels, 19 |
This soldier never got a chance
to drink legally. At 19:00 on 13 October 2008, he was riding his bicycle in Benton, Arkansas when a drunk (0.08% BAC)
driver, 37, negligently crashed into him. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash
to add to statistics.
KTHV-TV Channel 2 ... Cached KATV-TV Channel 7 ... Cached KLRT-TV Channel 16 ... Cached | ![]() Kirk Shelnut, 37 |
![]() Marlon Tate, 18 ![]() Victims brother writes memorial note. |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was driving a Nissan Altima southbound on Kostner Avenue in Garfield Park, in Chicagos West Side on 31 January 2008 at 23:00 CST, when he was rear-ended, causing his car to strike a pole and then a tree. He died at 00:13 on 1 February 2008 at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. The other driver, 37, has been charged with DUI, speeding and reckless driving.
WMAQ-TV Channel 5 MSNBC Chicago Tribune ... Cached |
![]() Jenna Marie Moran 14 February 1992 - 25 September 2008 |
This girl was driving home from school in a 1992 Nissan Maxima at 14:20 EDT on 24 September 2008, westbound on Hexam Road near Flycatcher Road in Brooksville, Florida when an eastbound 2007 Mitsubishi pickup truck driven by an allegedly drunk driver, 37, crossed the center line into her path and struck her.
Memorial Video on YouTube St. Petersburg Times ... Cached Tampa DUI Lawyer Blog ... Cached St. Petersburg Times ... Cached WTSP-TV Channel 10 ... Cached |
![]() Corbin White, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
She was the passenger of a 2006 Toyota Scion that was stopped on Main Street and MacArthur Boulevard in Santa Ana, California
at a red light when a 2006 BMW sedan slammed into it around 02:00 PST on 3 January 2010.
The impact pushed the Scion into the intersection, causing it to collide with a Chevrolet Malibu that was going to
make a left turn from westbound MacArthur to southbound Main, according to police. The suspect, 36,
has been charged with one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one felony count
of fleeing an accident scene, according to court records.
Orange County Register ... Cached | .
![]() Matthew Bray, 17 |
This boy was riding his bicycle westbound on Hogback Road in Palmyra, New York on 20 April 2008 at 20:15 EDT when he was struck from behind. The driver, 36, already had three DWI convictions, and faces charges of driving drunk (0.16% BAC), driving under suspension and fleeing the scene.
WHEC-TV Channel 10 Democrat and Chronicle MPNnow | ![]() Anibal Fontanez, 36 |
![]() Valerie Talamantes, 19 |
This woman never got a chance
to drink legally. On 29 December 2007, she was waiting at a red light at the
intersection of Hawkins Blvd. and Montana Ave.
in El Paso, Texas, when she was hit by a driver, 35, who now faces an intoxication
manslaughter charge.
KVIA-TV Channel 7 ... Memorial site KFOX-TV Channel 14 |
![]() Ian Kinney, 19 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 22 July 2008 at 18:00 PDT,
he was driving a 1996 Lexus
on Highway 78 near Ramona, California when a drunk driver, 35, 0.19% BAC in a pickup truck going east
crossed over onto the westbound side to pass vehicles and struck him. This victims girlfriend was also badly hurt, and a passenger in the drunk drivers truck was also killed.
KGTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached Memorial Page XETV-TV Channel 6 ... Cached [.MDI] San Diego News Network ... Cached San Diego Union-Tribune ... Cached North County Times ... Cached Ramona Sentinel ... Cached | ![]() Shannon Shinp, 35 |
![]() Artavis Dequan Gilbert-Brown Born 24 January 1992 |
![]() Antonio DanQuinton McFadden Born 16 August 1989 |
On 11 July 2009 at 00:41 EDT, these guys were riding in a Mazda Four-door driven by the victims
grandmother, which was stopped at a traffic light on the U.S. 15 Bypass at the intersection of South Fifth Street, south of Hartsville,
South Carolina, when a drunk driver, 35, with a prior felony DWI, driving a Chevy Blazer traveling south on the bypass
slammed into the rear of the car. McFadden died at the scene. Brown died Sunday at Palmetto Richland
Memorial Hospital in Columbia. The drunk driver did no jail time for his prior felony DWI. The victims grandmother was also killed in the crash.
SC Now.COM ... Cached WPDE-TV Channel 5 ... Cached Obituary Obituary SC Now.com ... Cached | ![]() Dennis Smith, 35
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Min Soon Chang, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. At 00:40 on 18 November 2005, he was
killed in a head-on crash at mile 36 on Interstate 485 in North Carolina.
The other driver was 35, already had two DWI convictions, had just polished off a six pack, was speeding and was going the wrong way. But at least he wasnt drinking under age. Charlotte News & Observer ... WCNC-TV ... WSOC-TV Channel 9 |
Jorge Hernández Soto, 35 |
Desiderio Lopez, 44 and daughter Danielle Lopez, 16 |
This will help explain statistics on teenagers
killed in drunk driving crashes. They were killed 14 April 2007 in a crash on Sierra Avenue in Fontana, California. The other driver, 35, allegedly crossed onto their side and struck them head-on. He suffered minor injuries and was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony DWI.
Daily Bulletin San Bernardino County Sun |
![]() Natalie Housand, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. The drunk driver who killed her in a head-on
collision on 19 December 2004 on North Carolina Route 904 was 34.
Wilmington Star Wilmington Star The News Reporter Memorial site | ![]() Jose Lopez, 34 |
![]() Onterrio Terry Sharp 2 August 1988 - 25 December 2008 |
WSBT-TV Channel 22 ... Cached WSBT-TV Channel 22 ... Cached WFIE-TV Channel 14 ... Cached Obituary ... Cached | ![]() Daniel Joe English II, 34
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![]() Scott Allen Crouch, Jr. April 15 1989 - December 19 2007 Photo from Virtual Memorials |
This man never got a chance to drink legally.
He had a green light at the intersection of Eastern and Whitney Avenues in Sacramento, California at 22:50 PST
on 19 December 2007, when a drunk driver, 34, 0.15% BAC, slammed her SUV into him.
KXTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached KCRA-TV Channel 3 ... Cached [sentence] KCRA-TV Channel 3 ... Cached | ![]() Bethann Colyer, 34 |
![]() Louella Blackdeer, 15 |
This girl and her friends were killed on
prom night, 7 May 2000, when a drunk driver, 34, 0.237% BAC, struck them in Neillsville,
Wisconsin. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash
Central Wisconsin Broadcasting Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
![]() Joseph Marino, 15 |
This boy stopped his bicycle on Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays, New York on 12 August 2009 to talk to friends. At 20:41 EDT, a drunk driver, 34, 0.13% with a 6-year-old passenger and a prior DWAI crashed a 2001 Jeep Cherokee into him.
Hampton Bays News ... Cached WPIX-TV Channel 11 ... Cached WCBS-TV Channel 2 ... Cached WCBS-TV Channel 2 ... Cached The Suffolk Times ... Cached | ![]() Caroline Goss, 34 Critical Care Nurse
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![]() Leeanna Newman, 20 |
This pregnant mother never got a chance to drink legally. On 6 February 2007, she and her unborn baby were killed in a crash on South Main Street in Landis, North Carolina.
The other driver faces charges including second-degree murder, DWI, hit and run and failure to stop for property damage, plus aggravating factors pertaining to the death of Newmans unborn child.
The victim leaves behind a husband; and a daughter, age 21 months, who survived the crash.
WCNC-TV Channel 6 WBTV-TV Channel 3 Salisbury Post. WSOC-TV Channel 9 WCNC-TV Channel 6 (convicted) | ![]() Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez, 33 |
Madelynne Patterson 21 May 1986 - 24 Dec. 2006 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. At 20:12 EST on 22 December 2006, as she drove north on Fries Mill Road in Washington Township, New Jersey, a drunk driver, 33, clipped another vehicle, spinning, stopping right in front of her, and she didnt have time to stop.
South Jersey Local news ... Cached WPVI-TV Channel 6 ... Cached |
![]() Jessie Rind, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
On 28 March 2009 she was driving on Loop 250 just north of the Thomason exit in Midland, Texas
when a drunk driver, 33, 0.23% BAC going the wrong way, struck her head on.
Permian Basin 360 ... Cached KWES-TV Channel 9 ... Cached Obituary ... Cached | ![]() Kevin Lee Hulsey, 33 |
Papamihali family |
This whole family was killed in a head-on crash near
Lenoir City, Tennessee on 2 January 2004 as they were returning from a holiday vacation.
Vasjola Papamihali was 16. The man who crashed his
Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck into them was 33. He was driving drunk and going the wrong way on
Interstate 75. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash
The Nashville Tennesseean The News-Herald WATE-TV Channel 6 CNN |
![]() Caitlin Leasure, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 26 March 2006, as she was riding in a pickup truck, returning from Spring Break, heading back to Ohio, allegedly a drunk driver, 32, going the wrong way on Interstate 95 in Georgia, struck the pickup truck and killed her.
WBNS-TV Channel 10 ... Cached WFMJ-TV Channel 21 ... Cached Savannah Morning News ... Cached WTOC-TV Channel 11 ... Cached | ![]() Marlon Johnson, 32 |
![]() Nicholas Fournier, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 17 November 2007, he was headed north on
Interstate 89 in Colchester, Vermont when a drunk driver, 32, with three prior DWI convictions, going the wrong way,
crashed into him head on, killing him.
WCAX-TV Channel 3 WPTZ-TV Channel 5 | ![]() Shawn Burritt, 32
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![]() Janelle Cooper, 16 |
This girl was walking down 164th Street SW in Lynnwood, Washington 23 May 2008 when a drunk driver, 32, pinned her against a concrete wall. He got six years.
Everett herald ... Cached Everett Herald ... Cached KING-TV Channel 5 ... Cached | ![]() Micah Pelton, 32 |
![]() Kelly Tracy, 16 |
This girl was on her way to perform in the Gilbert Days Parade at 06:30 on 15 November 2008,
riding in a Nissan Sentra when a drunk driver, 32, 0.19% BAC, with a prior DWI in a Dodge Ram turned left
at the corner of Guadalupe and Sossaman Roads in Mesa, Arizona, striking the Nissan nearly head-on. Her brother, the driver, age 17,
also suffered injuries.
AZ Central ... Cached AZ Central ... Cached AZ Central ... Cached East Valley Tribune ... Cached East valley Tribune ... Cached KNXV-TV Channel 15 ... Cached KNXV-TV Channel 15 ... Cached [prior DWI] KTAR-AM 620 kHz ... Cached Fox News ... Cached | ![]() Manuel Contreras-Galdean, 32
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![]() Jentil Jones Perry, 15 |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Charleston Daily Mail Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Flickr State Journal | ![]() Brian J. Stone, 32
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![]() Joshua Carter, 20 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 11 January 2009 at 23:00 he was riding in a Dodge Avenger on South Cooper Street in Arlington, Texas.
A suspected drunk driver, 30, who was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, was traveling eastbound on Green Oaks Boulevard, running a red light, killing him at age 20.
KXAS-TV Channel 5 ... Cached Star-Telegram ... Cached WFAA-TV Channel 8 ... Cached The Dallas Morning News ... Cached |
![]() Zuri Flores, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
She was driving a Saturn Ion to work on Colorado Highway 52 near Fort Lupton on 9 February 2005 at 05:00 MST when a drunk
driver, 30, with four prior DWI convictions, in a pickup truck,
crossed over onto her side and struck her head on. Her brother, 24, was also killed. The force of the crash was so great that the pickup truck was split in two.
KMGH-TV Channel 7 ... Cached KMGH-TV Channel 7 ... Cached [Unlicensed] KMGH-TV Channel 7 ... Cached [Sentence] Greeley Tribune ... Cached KMGH-TV Channel 7 ... Cached [Charged] Legal brief (.PDF) ... Cached Rocky Mountain News ... Cached KMGH-TV Channel 7 ... Cached [Pleads guilty] KCNC-TV Channel 4 ... Cached [Lawsuit] | ![]() Tobias Sholes, 30
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Elizabeth Ciunci, 18
Brick in Memorial Garden | This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
She was a front-seat passenger in a crash that injured three other teenagers on Thanksgiving night, 1999 in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The Grand Am driver, age 30, who crashed into them head-on was drunk, 0.24%,
driving under suspension for a prior DWI and was going the wrong way on Interstate 76. He was convicted of murder. But at least he wasnt drinking under age.
The Pottstown Mercury The Pottstown Mercury |
Eric Messick, 17 |
This boy was riding in a car on Route 38
in Southampton, New Jersey when a drunk driver, 30, crossed the center line and killed him in a head-on collision on 14 December 2007. Courier Post Online Philadelphia Inquirer Burlington County Times Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer (20 Feb 2008) Courier Post Online Burlington County Times, 14 June 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer [pleads guilty] |
Jesse J. Johns, 30 |
Landon Chambers, 16 |
On 6 May 2003 at 01:20, this boy was riding in a
car with the green light when a drunk man, age 30, with 3 prior DWI convictions
out on bond for another DWI charge, driving on a suspended license, ran a red light and crashed
his pickup truck into them at the intersection of Military Highway and Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, Virginia.
Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.
Commonwealth Attorney ... WAVY-TV Channel 10 Memorial |
![]() Roy Lee Everett, 30
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![]() Julius Dozier, 20 |
![]() Adrian A.J. Cannon, 19 |
These men never got a chance to drink
legally. They were en route to a high school graduation party on 23 May 2008 when a
driver, 29, high on alcohol and methadone, crashed into them at the intersection of
Coley Road and McCullough Blvd. in Tupelo, Mississippi, also injuring three
persons, including the guilty drivers daughter.
NEMS360.COM ... Cached WCBI-TV/DT Channel 4 ... Cached Cannon/Dozier Project (.pdf) |
![]() Shannon Nicole Adkins, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 8 November 2008, she was driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck north on Buffalo Road just short of Raintree Drive in Clayton, North Carolina when a drunk driver, 29, speeding, crossed onto her side and struck her head-on. The impact threw the Tacoma off the road and
onto a wooden fence near the intersection of Buffalo Road and Kentucky Drive,
where it came to rest upside down, pinning Adkins – who was wearing her seat belt – in the wreckage. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel in first responders units and troopers from the state Highway Patrol. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the misleading statistics.
WRAL-TV Channel 5 ... Cached USA Today ... Cached WRAL-TV 5 ... Cached [charged with murder] Clayton News-Star ... Cached News & Observer ... Cached News & Observer ... Cached |
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The car carrying these girls and their surviving friend had the
green light on 6 April 1999 when a drunk driver, age 29, ran the red light on Highway 158 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina,
and smashed into them, killing them and knocking the survivor unconscious.
Victim Memorial Court TV Site about crash |
![]() Rachael Slade, 17
John Daugherty, 16 |
At 03:15 EDT on 27 July 2008, John Daugherty was driving Rachael Slade and Shane Stanridge home from a lake, driving a Geo Tracker SUV on Highway 305 in Athens, Tennessee when a drunk (0.18% BAC) driver, 29, driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck crossed over onto their side and struck them head on. Daugherty and Slade were killed, Stanridge was injured.
WRCB-TV Channel 3 ... Cached WRCB-TV Channel 3 ... Cached WBIR-TV Channel 10 ... Cached WTVC-TV Channel 9 ... Cached Knoxville News Sentinel ... Cached Chattanooga Times Free Press ... Cached Chattanooga Times Free Press ... Cached [sentence] | ![]() William Ottman, 29 |
![]() Katherine Ann Baker, 16 |
This girl was driving a Buick LeSabre on her way to pick up her brother at 23:43 on 23 November 2008. As she turned left onto U.S. 52 east off Morehouse Road in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, a drunk (0.21% BAC) driver, 29, with a prior DWI conviction, T-boned her car and killed her at age 16.
WTHR-TV Channel 13 ... Cached WRTV-TV Channel 6 ... Cached WLFI-TV Channel 18 ... Cached WLFI-TV Channel 18 ... Cached WLFI-TV Channel 18 ... Cached Affidavit of Probable Cause ... Cached Journal and Courier ... Cached [lawsuit against bar] | ![]() Joseph L. Welch, born 28 Nov. 1978
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![]() Deanna Marie Casey, 16 |
This cheerleader was driving home from work at McDonalds when a
drunk driver, age 29, 0.29% BAC, crashed into a
concrete barrier on Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota on 28 October 2006. The
concrete barrier was pushed
into the path of the girls car, causing a chain reaction with a passing semi-trailer. She died at the scene. He got 15 months.
Dakota County website St. Paul Pioneer Press WCCO-TV Channel 4 KXMC-TV Channel 13 WCCO-TV Channel 4 St. Paul Pioneer Press KARE-TV Channel 11 [sentence] | ![]() Anthony Joseph Klecker, 29 |
![]() Taylor Cearley, 15 |
This girl was walking along the 1900 block of Highway 200
near East Missoula, Montana on 26 December 2009 at 23:45 MST when, allegedly, a drunk driver, 29,
0.147% BAC of a 1999 Chevy Silverado crashed into her from behind.
Also a girl, 14, was killed and two other girls, 14 and 15, were injured.
The Montana Standard ... Cached Obituary Montana Standard ... Cached Obituary ... Cached The Missoulian ... Cached The Missoulian ... Cached KECI-TV Channel 13 ... Cached KTMF-TV Channel 23 ... Cached Great Falls Tribune ... Cached | ![]() David James DelSignore, 29 |
Ryan Yoho, 19 |
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This man never got a chance to drink legally. The man who
crossed the center line on Idlewild Road in Mint Hill, North Carolina on 16 October 2004 and
struck him head-on with an SUV was 28 and drunk, 0.20%. He got 5 months.
Ryan Yoho Memorial ... News 14 Carolina News 14 Carolina ... WBTV-TV Channel 3 |
![]() Brian Wilson, 17 |
WPVI-TV Channel 6 The Capital Baltimore Sun KYW-TV Channel 3 KYW-TV Channel 3 ... Cached [sentence] State Police news release ... Cached State Police news release ... Cached Chicago Tribune ... Cached |
Andrew Rankin, 28
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Shortly after midnight on the morning of 28 June 2009, these four kids were riding in a 1992 Subaru on Old Las Vegas Highway in Santa Fe County, New Mexico when a drunk driver, 28, 0.16% BAC, with a prior DWI, crossed over onto their side and struck them head on. Their driver was also critically injured in the crash.
KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached KOB-TV Channel 4 ... Cached New Mexico Independent ... Cached Santa Fe New Mexican ... Cached Santa Fe Reporter ... Cached KOAT-TV Channel 7 ... Cached KRQE-TV Channel 13 ... Cached KRQE-TV Channel 13 ... Cached KRQE-TV Channel 13 ... Cached KRQE-TV Channel 13 ... Cached | ![]() Scott Owens, 28
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![]() Taylor Marie Moss, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was driving on Highway 101 in Encino,
California on 1 November 2009 at 02:00 PDT when she was
struck head on by a drunk driver, 27, who was going the wrong way. Two passengers of Ms. Moss were injured.
Thousand Oaks Acorn Cached Ventura County Star ... Cached Ventura County Star ... Cached Los Angeles Daily News ... Cached |
![]() Jillian Baedeker, 19 Chelsea Toma, 19 Nancy Le, 18 |
These three women never got a chance to drink legally.
On 19 March 2002, just before midnight PST, they had the green light and proceeded into the intersection of
Beach Boulevard and Edinger in Huntington Beach, California when a drunk driver, 27, 0.17% BAC sped through a red light and struck them.
Los Angeles Times ... Cached DUI Case Law Find A Grave Huntongton Beach Independent ... Cached Huntington Beach Independent ... Cached Huntington Beach Independent ... Cached |
![]() Bawny McQuistin, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was a passener, riding with her boyfriend in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in south Seattle, Washington on 9 October 2007 at 01:00 PDT when a drunk driver, 27, with a prior DWI conviction, driving a GMC Yukon, struck them head-on and killed her, critically injuring the boyfriend.
KING-TV Channel 5 ... Cached KING-TV Channel 5 ... Cached KIRO-TV Channel 7 ... Cached [sentence] | ![]() Cerissa Christensen, 27
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Alexander Tosh Otani, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 1 July 2006 at
15:00, he was killed and his passengers, ages 19 and 20, were injured, when he was pulling away
from a curb along the 1700 block of William Howard Taft Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was struck
by a drunk driver who was 27. The drunk driver pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated
vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and two counts of vehicular
assault.
The Canton Repository The Canton Repository The Independent WLWT-TV Channel 5 |
![]() Danielle Romero, 18 Image from Artists Against Drunk Driving |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
On 15 August 2002, she was
driving on Highway 165 near Placitas, New Mexico when a drunk driver crossed onto her side and struck her head-on. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash
for statistics that promote bigotry against people under 21.
KRQE-TV Channel 13 ... Sandoval Signpost Myspace memorial video | ![]() Erline Nakai, 27 |
![]() Alisa Celentano, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was riding in a
minivan at southbound on Route 175 at California Terrance in Gambrills, Maryland on 30 November 2001 at 23:50 EST when a northbound
drunk driver, 27, crossed onto their side and struck them head-on.
Baltimore Sun ... Cached WJZ-TV Channel 13 ... Cached Maryland Gazette Southern Maryland Online ... Cached |
![]() Karmen Nicole Dupuis, 17 |
This girl was riding in her mothers car to a dance recital on 1 December 2006 when a drunk driver, 27, ran a red light at the intersection of FM 366 and Merriam Street in Port Neches, Texas and and struck them, killing her and her mother.
Beaumont Enterprise ... Cached KBMT-TV Channel 12 ... Cached KFDM-TV Channel 6 ... Cached | ![]() Colin Romero, 27 |
![]() Robert Ogle, 16 |
This guy was crossing 62nd Avenue at 80th Street in Middle Village, Queens, New York on 1 February 2009 at 01:30 EST
when a drunk (0.126% BAC) driver, 27, facing a prior DWI charge ran him over and fled the scene.
The suspect has been charged with first-degree assault, first-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree
manslaughter, third-degree grand larceny,
third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, criminally negligent homicide,
fourth-degree grand larceny, leaving the scene without reporting a felony,
and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
But at least he wasnt drinking under age.
WTEN-TV Channel 10 ... Cached Gothamist ... Cached New York Times ... Cached Queens Tribune ... Cached Queens Courier ... Cached Queens Courier ... Cached [editorial] WPIX-TV Channel 11 ... Cached WCBS-TV Channel 2 ... Cached New York Post ... Cached WNYW-TV Channel 5 ... Cached Times newsweekly ... Cached | ![]() Kenneth Guyear, 27 |
![]() Pauline Portes, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
She was killed when the small pickup truck in which she was a passenger was hit head-on on
the 55 Freeway in Orange, California near the Lincoln Avenue off-ramp by a sedan driven
by a drunk driver, 26, in the early morning hours of 30 November 2007. Steven Nguyen,
the victims boyfriend, the driver of the pickup, was injured.
Orange County Register ... Cached Viendong Daily [Vietnamese] ... Cached Uncles Against Drunk Driving Fontana Now ... Cached |
Torri Knutson, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 12 May 2007, she was crossing
North University Avenue in Fargo, North Dakota on foot when she was run over and killed. The drunk driver, age 26,
pled guilty to manslaughter. He got five years.
In-Forum News Grand Forks Herald Bismarck Tribune KXMB-TV Channel 12 [sentence] |
Michael Paul Sauvageau, 26 |
![]() Peter Pung, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was driving on his way to visit an ailing relative on 24 December 2007 when a drunk driver, 26, ran a stop sign on Golden Given Road near Parkland, Washington and broadsided him. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.
KIRO-TV Channel 7 ... Cached | ![]() Aaron Bell, 26 |
![]() Charley Wayne Boatright, Jr., 16 1 Jan 1991 - 3 Jun 2007 and his father |
On 3 June 2007, this boy was riding in a vehicle on
US Highway 84 near the town of Goldsboro in northern Coleman County, Texas, that was struck
head-on by a drunk driver, 26. Father and son died.
Abilene Reporter-News KRBC TV Channel 9 |
![]() Laura Nolling, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
On 22 September 2006, a drunk driver, age 25, ran a red light at Panana Lane and Ashe Road in
Bakersfield, California, smashing his Ford Expedition broadside into her car and killing her.
KGET-TV Channel 17 [funeral] KGET-TV Channel 17 [conviction] KGET-TV Channel 17 [sentence] | ![]() Jorge Armando Diaz, 25 |
Jerrod Miyaki, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was killed on
9 November 2006 by
a drunk driver, age 25, who was going the wrong way on the 210 Freeway in California, and hit him head on.
The Signal |
![]() Jesse McEathron, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On 18 March 2009 at 23:15 EDT, he was driving north on State Route 58 near Country Club Road in Gouverneur, New York when a drunk driver, 25,
0.24% BAC, with a prior DWAI conviction, crossed over onto his side and struck him head on.
MyDeathSpace.com ... Cached WSTM-TV Channel 3 ... Cached Obituary ... Cached News 10 Now ... Cached Watertown Daily Times ... Cached |
Haddie Babineaux, 16 |
This girl died when the car she was driving was struck head-on, allegedly
by a drunk driver who crossed onto her side of Highway 35 in Rayne, Louisiana on 12 June 2007. He already had
one DWI conviction.
KLFY-TV Channel 10 KLFY-TV Channel 10 Funeral page |
Dennis Juppstrom, 25 |
![]() Gary and Cheryl Ceran, top, with their children Caleb, Clarissa, 18, Ian, 15 and Julinna. Cheryl, Ian and Julianna died. |
The car carrying this Mormon family had the green light.
Clarissa was injured at age 18. Ian was killed at age 15. The pickup truck driver who sped
through a red light and hit them broadside at the intersection of 5400 South and 700 West in
Murray, Utah on 24 December 2006 was 24 and had 0.19% BAC.
Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers. http://www.madd.org/aboutus/1272 Deseret News KUTV-TV Channel 2 Casper Star Tribune KTVX-TV Channel 4 |
![]() Elizabeth Durante, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally in the United States. She was leaving for Spring Break to bring medical supplies to poor, needy orphans in Uganda, Africa. She was riding in a van northbound on Interstate 395 just south of Interchange 79A in Connecticut, going to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 2009 at 03:40 when, allegedly, a drunk driver, 24, going the wrong way, crashed head on into the van and killed her.
Norwich Bulletin ... Cached Hartford Courant ... Cached MSNBC ... Cached WFSB-TV Channel 3 ... Cached Newsday ... Cached Connecticut College news release ... Cached Memorial page ... Permanent Link | ![]() Daniel Musser, 24 |
Matthew Watson, 20 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was killed 5 May 2007 in College Park, Maryland, when his car was struck by a pickup truck. The
driver of the pickup truck, age 24, was arrested for drunk driving.
Washington Post Baltimore Sun Diamondback |
Ayesha Judkins, 20 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was killed
on 28 December 2003 at 03:00 when the car she was riding in was rear-ended by a speeding
2001 Ford Expedition at 91st and Commercial streets in Chicago, Illinois. The driver of the Expedition,
age 24, got 3 years for aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide.
WMAQ-TV Channel 5 |
![]() Albert Montanaro, 20 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was jogging on Route 373 in Chesterfield, New York, on 16 January 2006 when he was killed. The suspect, then 24, has been granted a new trial.
WCAX-TV Channel 3 Press Republican | ![]() Steven Baker, 24 |
![]() Maritza Dela Cruz, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
On 9 May 2005, as she was returning home from visiting her mother, she had the green light at
the intersection of Coal and Carlisle in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico,
when a drunk driver, 24, ran the red
light and broadsided her.
KOB-TV Channel 4 KOB-TV Channel 4 KOB-TV Channel 4 KOB-TV Channel 4 | ![]() José Melo Fernández, 24 |
![]() Brittany Elaine Weiss, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. When she was in high school, she directed a play about the
consequences of drunk driving. On 26 December 2008 at 00:15, she was driving a 2008 Toyota Scion when a drunk driver, 24, with a suspended license for a prior DWI
ran a red light at Riverstone Parkway at Reinhardt College Parkway in Canton, Georgia, smashing into her
WXIA-TV Channel 11 ... Cached WSB-TV Channel 2 ... Cached Atlanta Journal Constitution ... Cached | ![]() Stephen Patrick Wauschek, 24
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![]() Parents hold a photo of Kevin Benes, 19 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. At 13:56 CST on 11 December 2009,
he was driving his Dodge neon home from work in Palatine, Illinois when he exited Interstate 355 at 143rd Street in Lockport.
Police said that as the light turned green, Kevin pulled into the intersection
when a drunk driver, 24, with a prior DWI ran a red light and struck him with a Dodge Ram.
Southtown Star ... Cached Homer Horizon ... Cached Legacy Page Southtown Star ... Cached Chicago Tribune ... Cached Southtown Star ... Cached |
![]() Mikeal Hodges, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He was riding his bicycle
on U.S. 17 in Brunswick, Georgia on 21 January 2008 at 00:30 when he was struck. The suspect, age 24,
has been charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, hit-and run, driving under the influence,
driving with a suspended license and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, but at least he wasnt drinking under age.
WJXT-TV Channel 4 ... Florida Times-Union Florida Times-Union ... WMGT-TV ...WALB-TV Channel 10 Ledger-Enquirer ... WTOC-TV Channel 11 The Brunswick News | ![]() Enrique Martínez, 24 |
![]() Emanuel Camacho, 17 |
This boy, a 17-year-old Atascadero High School senior, was killed while walking alone
on the shoulder of El Camino Real near the Santa Barbara Road intersection in the early morning of 9 September 2007. A
drunk driver, 24, struck him and fled the scene. The drunk driver received seven years for
felony gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony hit-and-run, misdemeanor driving
on a suspended or revoked license and a related enhancement of leaving the scene of an
alcohol-related vehicular homicide. But at least he wasnt drinking under age.
San Luis Obispo Tribune San Luis Obispo Tribune KSBY-TV Channel 6 |
Gregory Joseph Baranek, 24 |
![]() Zachary Spears, 17 |
This boy was a pedestrian walking on Old Silsbee Highway in Lumberton, Texas
on 18 December 2007 just before 18:00 CST when he was struck and killed. The driver, 24, has been indicted on an intoxication manslaughter charge. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving
crash for the hate-mongering MADD bigots to tally.
KFDM-TV Channel 6 Jasper Newsboy The Beaumont Enterprise SE Texas Homepage Beaumont Enterprise ... Cached KFDM-TV Channel 6 ... Cached [re-indicted] KFDM-TV Channel 6 ... Cached | ![]() Ashley Hardwick, 24 |
![]() John Blough, 15 |
This boy was a back-seat passenger in a car waiting at a red light on Route 30 in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania on 28 March 2009 at 01:40 EDT when a drunk driver, 0.189% BAC, age 24, rear-ended the car with a pickup truck.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review ... Cached The Tribune Democrat ... Cached The Tribune Democrat ... Cached KDKA-TV Channel 2 ... Cached KDKA-TV Channel 2 ... Cached WTAE-TV Channel 4 ... Cached We Are Central PA ... Cached Daily American ... Cached | ![]() Brandon Behie, 24 |
![]() Daniel Kinnaird 27 February 1989 - 10 November 2009 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. He died 109 days before his 21st birthday. On 3 November 2009 at 22:30 CDT
he was waiting in traffic on the James River Freeway, near the Interstate 65 interchange in Springfield, Missouri while the
train crossed up ahead, when allegedly a drunk driver, 23, with a DWI pending, rear-ended him at a high
speed, killing him.
Springfield News-Leader ... Cached Ozarks First ... Cached Ozarks First ... Cached KSPR-TV Channel 33 ... Cached Obituary ... Cached |
![]() Shane Young, 23 |
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![]() Emilee Floer, 18 SADD activist |
This woman, a local SADD volunteer, never got a chance to drink legally. As she drove home from work on 19 April 2007 at 20:43, a southbound Chevy Trailblazer allegedly crossed onto her side and struck her. The Trailblazer driver, 23, is charged with drunk driving causing death. He already had one DWI conviction.
Macomb Daily The Detroit News | ![]() Michael Bulger, 23 |
![]() Anthony Herr, 17 |
![]() Pelg Her, 17 |
These boys were in a Honda Accord on West Appleton Avenue in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 00:30 CDT on 28 October 2006, when a drunk (0.242% BAC) driver sped a Suzuki sport utility vehicle through
a red light on West Capitol Drive and killed them and two other persons in the Accord. Witnesses said the impact knocked
the Honda into a Chevy Lumina, causing it to flip and land on its roof.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel WTMJ-TV Channel 4 | ![]() Joshua Scolman, 23 |
![]() Brittany Althoff, 16 |
On 14 November 2008, this girl was riding in a car on Interstate 240 near Walker Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when a drunk driver, 23, with a prior DWI rear-ended the car at 160 km/h, pushing it into the path of a van which struck the car and flipped it over.
NewsOK ... Cached KFSM-TV Channel 5 ... Cached Houston Chronicle ... Cached KWTV-TV Channel 9 ... Cached KOCO-TV Channel 5 [video] |
![]() Joshua Lamar Dockins, 23
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Andrew Burr, 20 |
This man was old enough to drink legally in his native Britain.
He was a passenger in a car waiting at a red light at Edmunds Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. at 21:00 on 18 January 2004 when a drunk driver rear-ended them, killing him. She was 22 and tested 0.13% BAC.
The Eagle Andrew Burr website |
Isaac Dyck, 20 ![]() |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. The
driver, age 22, BAC 0.199%, who crashed into him, killed him, and injured the rest of his
family already had two DWI convictions, and was going the wrong way on
Interstate 35 in Jarrell, Texas.
ACCIDENT SURVIVORS: Peter Friesen Dyck 13, stable; Anna Friesen Dyck 17, stable; Eva Friesen Dyck 15, stable; Maria Friesen Dyck 9, stable; Aganetha Friesen Dyck 4, serious; Jacob Friesen Dyck 11, critical; Helena Friesen Dyck 18, stable; Anna Susana Friesen 44, stable; Isaac Dyck 54, stable; KTRK-TV Channel 13 ... KEYE-TV Channel 42 KXAN-TV ... KWTX-TV KXAN-TV (Murder trial) |
Fermin Castillo, 22 |
![]() Airman 1st Class Christopher Anthony Hardeik, 19 |
This airman never got a chance to drink legally. He
was driving on U.S. 45 north of Geff, Illinois, driving home from an Air Force Base on 3 July 2007
when a drunk (0.242% BAC) drove a pickup truck onto his side and struck him head on. In addition to
felony charges of reckless homicide and aggravated drunken driving,
the suspect also faces lesser charges of having no insurance, improper lane usage and failure to
wear a seat belt.
WEIU-TV Channel 51 Evansville Courier Press (wrong date) Evansville Courier Press ... Cached [pleads guilty] WTVW-TV Channel 7 (FOX) | ![]() Justin DeJaynes, 22 |
![]() Shawn English, 19 |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. At 01:15 EDT on 24 May 2009, he was driving north on Maple Avenue in Evesham, New Jersey when a drunk driver, 22, 0.179% BAC ran a red light on Route 70 and struck him. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the misleading statistics.
Philadelphia Inquirer ... Cached Gloucester City News ... Cached | ![]() Thomas Thorn, 22 |
![]() Austin Day, 18 and his mother |
This man never got a chance to drink legally. On
23 July 2005 at 03:00, he and a friend were pushing his vehicle along South Padre Island Drive at Kostoryz Road in Corpus Christi, Texas
when a drunk driver, 22, 0.18% BAC
killed him. The drunk driver got probation.
Appeal, new trial granted KRIS-TV Channel 6 Corpus Christi Caller-Times Probation rules | ![]() John Morgan, 22 |
![]() Noemi Perez, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 8 February 2009, she was driving a Hyundai on Bear Mountain Boulevard near Vineland Road in Arvin, California when, allegedly, a drunk driver, 22, crossed the center line, struck a Mazda and then hit the Hyundai head-on.
KGET-TV Channel 17 ...Cached KGET-TV Channel 17 ... Cached KGET-TV Channel 17 ... Cached The Bakersfield Californian ... Cached The Bakersfield Californian ... Cached [sentence] | ![]() Francisco Nestor Santo, 22 |
![]() Julie Tsang, 17 |
This girl just graduated high school three days earlier, and was
planning to attend Hunter College to study nursing. She was a passenger in a Honda Civic that got struck by a
pickup truck on Park Avenue at East 65th Street, Manhattan, New York on 30 June 2008. The pickup truck driver,
22, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and DWI.
New York Post North Jersey.com New York Daily News WINS-AM 1010 kHz | ![]() Robert Gomez, 22 |
Allison E. Kunhardt, 17
Tessa C. Tranchant, 16 |
These girls were waiting at a red-phase traffic control
signal at the intersection of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Kings Grant Road in Virginia
Beach, Virginia at 23:25 on 30
March 2007 when their car was rear-ended. The other driver was 22, already had one DWI
conviction, and faces manslaughter charges. Police said both speed and alcohol
were factors in the wreck. Two more teenagers killed in a drunk driving
crash.
The Virginian-Pilot The Virginian-Pilot ... The Virginian-Pilot WAVY-TV Channel 10 ... WVEC-TV Channel 13 ... WAVY-TV Channel 10 WAVY-TV Channel 10 (lawsuit) |
Alfredo Ramos, 22 |
![]() Kindle Smith, 16 |
On 23 February 2008, this girl was driving on FM 1387 in Midlothian, Texas when a drunk driver, 22, crossed onto her side and struck her head on.
KTVT-TV Channel 11 ... Cached KTVT-TV Channel 11 ... Cached [roadside memorial] Panther Pride ... Cached MyDeathSpace | ![]() Jesús Fraire, 22 |
![]() Beth Boudreaux, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. She was walking down Nashville Avenue in Hammond, Louisiana on 6 March 2009 at 02:00 CST. Allegedly, a drunk driver, 21, ran off the road and crashed into her and the other pedestrians she was with, killing three pedestrians and injuring two. He was taken into custody and booked into the Tangipahoa Parish jail on three counts of vehicular negligent homicide, two counts of vehicular negligent injury, DUI, and reckless operation. Witnesses claim Quebedeaux was driving at a high rate of speed.
But at least he wasnt drinking under age. He had been arrested before for DWI but not prosecuted.
KSLA-TV Channel 12 ... Cached WJXT-TV Channel 4 ... Cached The Advocate ... Cached The Advocate ... Cached [prior DWI] The Advocate ... Cached [prior DWI not prosecuted] | ![]() Derek Quebedeaux, 21 |
Steven Anthony Rhone, Jr., 19 |
This man was attempting to cross the street at a crosswalk when he was hit
by a car and became the casualty of a hit and run. Investigators say a 21-year-old man was
drinking heavily, ran a stop sign at Indian and High Streets in Bellingham Washington,
and killed him on 2 June 2007. KING-TV Channel 5 Bellingham Herald |
![]() Brooke Walton, 19 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally.
The car she was riding in was broadsided by a drunk driver, age 21, 0.18% BAC,
at the Underwood, Iowa exit on Interstate 80 on 18 March 2006.
KETV-TV Channel 7 [video included] Omaha World Herald The Daily Iowan WOWT-TV Channel 6 | ![]() Rudolph Huebner, 21 |
![]() Kyle Johnson, 20 ![]() Justin Lambert-Belanger, 20 ![]() Nick Schabron, 20 ![]() Kevin Salverson, 19 ![]() Shane Shatto, 19 |
![]() John Schabron visits the grave of his son, Nick, at Green Hill Cemetery in Laramie. |
Of the eight members of the University of Wyoming cross-country
team killed, these five never got a chance to drink legally. A pickup truck
driver crossed onto their side of U.S. 287 near Tie Siding, Wyoming at 01:30 on
16 September 2001, striking their Jeep station wagon head-on. He was 21 and drunk, 0.16%.
USA Today |
![]() Clinton Haskins, 21 |
![]() Mariana Edkins, 18 |
This woman never got a chance to drink legally. On 10 January 2006, at 00:30 EST, she was riding in a car on Woodrow Road on Staten Island, New York when a drunk driver, 21, on the wrong side of the
road, without his headlights on, crashed into the car she was riding in.
WABC-TV Channel 7 WCBS-TV Channel 2 WNBC-TV Channel 4 |
![]() John Sambuco, born 16 August 1984 |
Gerran Copeland, 17 |
This boy was riding his bicycle on the outside
west-bound lane of U.S. 98 in Navarre, Florida on 19 August 2007 at 01:30 CDT
when a drunk driver, 0.18% BAC struck him from behind and killed him, then fled
the scene. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.
Pensacola News-Journal ... Northwest Florida Daily News Memorial website | ![]() Anthony Griego, 21 |
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