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Read the testimonies of victims of impaired and distracted crashes and how it has changed their lives forever...
On November 17 1999 my family was changed forever. My 16 year old son, Jesse Lockamy had spent the afternoon with his dad painting his bike. He was happy with the way it turned out and begged his dad to let him ride it to church that evening. His dad finally said yes so about 6 pm Jesse went out the door, grabbed his bike and was headed to church. Before Jesse got very far his buddy called out to him so Jesse stopped on the side of the road and stood straddle his bike to wait on his buddy to get to where he was. His friend then saw and heard a truck coming down the highway, it was coming fast. What his friend actually heard was 2 trucks,the second didn't have on his headlights. Jesse ' s friend said "Jesse was there then he was gone". What happened was the truck with no lights on pulled out to pass the first truck, ran off the road and hit Jesse. Jesse was then drug 246 feet where his body came to rest in a ditch. The truck continued on jumping a driveway,flipping the truck and hitting a tree. This is what the truck looked like when it came to rest( insert pic of truck here) The driver of the truck then tried to run but the guys from the first truck caught him and held him until the police arrived.
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The testimonies you are about to read are the words of individual victims that have chosen to share with you. As you read these words, know that it took courage, tears and a lot of prayers to be able to share this part of their life with you in hopes of making a difference and to be a voice for their loved ones and themselves.
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