Shanice Patrice Carter, 18
KXTV-TV Channel 10 ... Cached
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Sacramento Bee
KFBK-AM 1530 kHz [convicted]
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Roberto Vellanoweth, 63
Memorial to Double VictimsVictims of the government’s underage drinking lawsVictims 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. To add a double victim, send an e-mail to webmaster at udadd dot com. To search by State, do a text search for the State name. They are spelt out in full. |
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.
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 |
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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 |
 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 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 |
 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 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 |
 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
DWI’s 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 |
 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 |
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 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 ... |
 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
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 |
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 NJ.COM ... Cached [claims pathological intoxication] |
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 Boulder Daily Camera ... Cached | 
Patrick Strawmatt, 42 |
 Marcus Keppert, 15 |
This boy was walking home from a friend’s 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
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 |
 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 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%. KXTV-TV Channel 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 |
 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  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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
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 didn’t have time to stop.
South Jersey Local news ... Cached WPVI-TV Channel 6 ... Cached |
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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
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 |
 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.
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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.
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 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. Baker, born 28 Nov. 1978 |
 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 |
