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OUR FREE KTLA 5 APP.
A MOTHER PUSHING FOR NEW LEGISLATION AFTER HER SON WAS HIT AND KILLED BY AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRON LEVI WAS KILLED WHILE CROSSING THE STREET IN MANHATTAN BEACH LAST YEAR, AND NOW HIS MOM IS JOINING OTHER FAMILIES AND LAWMAKERS IN A PUSH TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES AROUND DRUNK DRIVING. KTLA IS ANGELICA DAYS IN MANHATTAN BEACH WITH MORE ON THAT, AND JULIE.
WELL, SAM AND SANDRA, TODAY, A MAJOR EFFORT HAPPENING IN SACRAMENTO WITH A NUMBER OF NEW BILLS BEING PUSHED. I DID SPEAK TO BRON'S MOM EARLIER TODAY. SHE SAYS SHE'S FEELING EMPOWERED. HE LOVED LIFE. STANDING BEHIND A STRING OF PHOTOS OF THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE CUT SHORT.
LOS ANGELES MOM JENNIFER LEVY SPENT HER DAY IN SACRAMENTO, RELIVING THE MOMENT HER SON, 18-YEAR-OLD BRIAN LEVY, A LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WAS TRAGICALLY STRUCK AND KILLED LAST SPRING IN MANHATTAN BEACH BY A DRIVER THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS WAS DRUNK AND SPEEDING. I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I HAD TO IDENTIFY OUR SON'S BODY.
LEVY JOINED OTHER FAMILIES AND LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING STATE SENATOR BOB BARR, TO LEAD A OF LA COUNTY WHO SAYS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER WAS ALSO KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. TOGETHER, THEY HELPED INTRODUCE A SLEW OF BILLS AIMED AT GOING HARDER ON REPEAT DUI OFFENDERS. SENATE BILL 9 '07. ALSO HAS GROSS VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER WHILE INTOXICATED TO VIOLENT FELONY STRIKE. LEVEE TODAY CALLING THE CURRENT LAWS WEAK.
DO YOU THINK YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION RIGHT NOW HAD CALIFORNIA HAD STRICTER LAWS AGAINST DUI DRUNK DRIVING? ABSOLUTELY. I FEEL LIKE THE STATE FAILED SO.
JUST HOW BAD IS THE PROBLEM OF IMPAIRED DRIVING IN CALIFORNIA? IN 2023, SOME 1355 PEOPLE DIED IN ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES. THAT'S A 55% JUMP OVER THE LAST DECADE. AND WHILE RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT DECREASE, LEVY SAYS SHE'S NOT STOPPING UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES. HER FAMILY GIVING HER THE STRENGTH TO KEEP PUSHING FOR NEW LAWS. MIGHT DO YOU FOR MY SON. AND HE'S LIKE A AND FOR OF MY HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.
NOW, JENNIFER SAYS SHE HOPES ALL PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE INSPIRED TO PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL THEIR LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND TELL THEM THEY SUPPORT THE NEW.