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Memorial to Double Victims Victims of the government-imposed drinking age Victims of the government’s refusal to eliminate drunk driving Ironically, the families of double victims often team up with MADD to promote more injustice against responsible people younger than 21. See also the LINKS to memorial pages about victims of drunk drivers. |
Video from Detroit Free Press |
 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.
News 10 ... Cached News 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 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 |  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, 18 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 |
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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 DWI’s pled guilty to vehicular homicide involving alcohol and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
WMC-TV Channel 5 Memphis Commercial Appeal [sentenced] ... Cached |
Ricky Willis, 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 driver’s headlights weren’t 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 |
 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 DWI’s. He drove 9 blocks with the victim’'s body on his car.
KTBS-TV Channel 3 Shreveport Times |  Jimmy Ray White, 52 |
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 |
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 grandmother’s 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 | 
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, 19 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 |
 Grace Chamberlain and Andrew Hopkins, both 18 |
WKBN-TV Channel 27 ... |
 James Cline, 47 |
 Joshua Moren, 18 |
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 |
 Che Skaggs, 16 |
This guy wasn’t even on the roadway when a
driver struck and killed him at 4503 Claibornes Road near Mebane, North Carolina 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. (0.23% BAC)
WRAL-TV Channel 5 ... News and Observer WNCN-TV Channel 17 ... WTVD-TV Channel 11 Burlington Times News |  Scott Belling, 47 |
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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 been 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Allah’s 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 |
Eugene Baum, Jr., 44 |
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 | 
Patrick Strawmatt, 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 |
 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 a man who was walking by.
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 |
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 wasn’t 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 DWI’s. He got 170 days.
KMBC-TV Channel 9 |  Michael Binggeli, 40 |
 Maritza Dela Cruz, 19 Image from Artists Against Drunk Driving |
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, 40, with two prior DWI’s ran the red
light and broadsided her. He only served three days for his prior DWI’s.
KOB-TV Channel 4 KOB-TV Channel 4 |  Nolberto Gonzales, 40 |
 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 |
 Lawrence Garner, 18 |
This man never got a chance to drink alcohol legally.
On 7 February 2011, he had just pulled out of a driveway in the 10600 block of North Keys Road in Brandywine, Maryland, when a
speeding, drunk (0.25% BAC) FBI agent, age 39, struck his car and killed him at 18. He got 18 months.
WUSA-TV Channel 9 WJLA-TV Channel 7 Gaithersburg Gazette WBAL-AM 1090 kHz |  FBI Agent Adrian Johnson, 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 wasn’t 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%. News 10 Now WWNY-TV Channel 7 Memorial page (.PDF) | 
Richard Hayes, 39 |
 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 |
Henry Rivera, 18 and Pedro Hernandez, 20 |
These men never got a chance to drink legally. They
were killed 27 May 2007 in a head-on crash in Brighton, New York. A girl, 16, was hurt also.
The other driver was 37 and he is charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, and
going the wrong way on Interstate 590.
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle WHAM-TV Channel 13 |
 Marlon Tate, 18  Victim’s 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 Chicago’s 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 |
 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 |
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 wasn’t 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 |
 James “Jimmy” Franklin Williams, 16 |
On 18 November 2012 at 19:00 EST, this Michigan boy was riding with his family on Interstate 77 southbound when they were involved in a crash. The other driver, 34, is facing five charges including: Operating an Uninsured Vehicle, Driving Under Suspension, Two Counts of Felony DUI with Great Bodily Injury and One Count of Felony DUI with death. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age.
WXYZ-TV Channel 7 MLive WIS-TV Channel 10 Video |  Ricky Lance Deel Born 6 Feb 1978 |
 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 |
 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 Newman’s 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 |
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 |
 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 |
 Jentil Jones Perry, 15 |
This girl was a passenger in an Chevy Trailblazer SUV driven by her father, westbound on Interstate 68 in Morgantown, West Virginia, on 8 July 2007 at 22:30 EDT. An eastbound drunk (0.23% BAC) driver rear-ended a Ford Taurus, sending it across the median into the path of the Trailblazer. The girl's father and younger sister, and two persons in the Taurus were also killed. The driver had seven prior DWI arrests, was driving under suspension and was facing two DWI court dates.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Charleston Daily Mail Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Flickr State Journal |  Brian J. Stone, 32 |
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 wasn’t 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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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 |
 Deanna Marie Casey, 16 |
This cheerleader was driving home from work at McDonald’s 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 girl’s 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 |
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 |
Andrew Rankin, 28 |
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 |
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 |
 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 |
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 |
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 |
 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 wasn’t 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 wasn’t 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 Hardin County, Texas
on 18 December 2007 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 |  Ashley Hardwick, 24 |
 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 |
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.
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Fermin Castillo, 22 |
 Airman 1st Class Christopher Anthony Hardiek, 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 (0.24%) 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) WTVW-TV Channel 7 (FOX) |  Justin DeJaynes, 22 |
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 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 |
 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 |
 and Deanna Rivers, 17 |
On 1 December 2012, this boy and girl were in an SUV on the Northway in Halfmoon, New York when it was rear-ended by an allegedly drunk driver, 22.
Fox 23 News WNYT-TV Channel 13 |  Dennis Drue, 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 |
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 |
