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14
Jul

Accepting Journalists’ Entries for the 2023 Casey Feldman Transportation Safety Reporting Award

by Dianne Anderson | Distracted Driving Updates

EndDD.org, a project of the Casey Feldman Foundation, is pleased to announce that we are accepting entries until September 1, 2023 for the second annual Casey Feldman Award for Transportation Safety Reporting. The award recognizes outstanding work in the area of transportation safety journalism and honors Casey Feldman, a senior journalism student at Fordham University who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009.

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28
Jul

Joseph Conner Williams Guido — 16, VA

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On October 26, 2019, Conner Guido, affectionately known as Gweedo, was leaving his homecoming dance at Tabb High School to go to a supervised after party. Conner got in the car with a classmate who was driving his parents’ high performance BMW. The classmate did not have a driver’s license, and proceeded to drive recklessly

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10
Jun

Andrea Lynn Manan, 27 — Ontario, Canada

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On December 20, 2011 pregnant Andrea Manan was in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Aveo on Highway 37 in Ontario, Canada. Her co-worker was driving and two teenage sisters from a nearby group home where  Manan and her colleague worked were in the backseat. As they were waiting to make a left turn, a

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09
Jun

Jeff Pierce — 52, SC

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On July 11, 2017 Jeff Pierce dropped his son off at cross country practice and went for a bike ride. As he rode on his normal route, he was struck by a distracted driver who was speeding and talking on her cell phone. Jeff died at the scene.  Jeff was an avid cyclist and passionate

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14
Apr

Jean Claude Wishard — 44, MN

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

  On October 29, 2017, Jean Claude Wishard was driving on a two-lane highway on his way home from his family’s farm when a distracted driver with a provisional permit crashed into him from the opposite lane. With headlights coming at him at 57 miles per hour, Jean Claude attempted to turn his car into

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25
Dec

Haylie Elizabeth Jordan, 15 — CA

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On April 19, 2015, 15 year-old Haylie Elizabeth Jordan, affectionately known as Haylo, was riding in the back of her family’s Ford Focus on their way home. Their car had come to a complete stop on the Capital City freeway due to traffic when a distracted driver, driving at an unsafe speed, slammed into the

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28
Oct

Digital Detox: I Gave Up My Smartphone for 22 Days

by Dianne Anderson | Distracted Driving

Kudos to Laura Carney gave up her smartphone for 22 days and will be doing so annually in honor of her late father and Casey Feldman, both of whom were killed by distracted drivers. While Laura had already given up her smartphone use while driving, she decided to see how giving it up completely would affect her life overall. Read about Laura’s journey, what she discovered, the aftermath and tips if you want to modify your smartphone use.

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13
Sep

Megan Marie Small, 21 – TX

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On November 25, 2007 Megan Small was returning to college from Thanksgiving break when another driver crossed the centerline of the roadway and hit Megan head-on, killing her instantly. In the 45 minutes before the crash, the opposing driver had placed 7 phone calls and sent/received 15 text messages. He was receiving a text at

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30
Aug

Jeanette (Hager) Campbell, 67 – PA

by Dianne Anderson | Faces of Distracted Driving

On July 31, 2018, Jeanette Campbell and her three young grandchildren were passengers in a van being driven by Jeanette’s daughter, Laura Oswald. They were on their way to a park for a day of swimming when they were broadsided by a dump truck which ran a red light at a speed of over 50

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