On May 18, 2008, Jacy Good and her parents attended her graduation ceremony at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Jacy had landed her dream job through AmeriCorps as a team leader for Habitat For Humanity and was excited about the future. On the way home from graduation, a young driver talking on his cell phone
On September 3, 2008, 61-year-old Linda Doyle was killed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when a young driver talking on a cell phone ran a red light and broadsided her vehicle. At the time of the crash, Linda was on her way to feed the feral cats at Lake Overholser, a resevoir in Oklahoma City. Linda
On November 10, 2009, 17-year-old Alex Brown was killed when she crashed her truck on a rural road while she was on her way to school. She was carrying on text messaging to 4 different friends at the time of the crash, traveling at 70 mph and was not wearing a seat belt. Alex was
Ashley LeeAnn Johnson 16, from Arden, NC dropped a friend off at school and was on her way to work as a tutor. She lost control of her car and crossed the center line of the roadway, striking a truck head-on. The police believe that Ashley was trying to retrieve a text message from
Joe Teater was riding to an after school activity with his mom when their car was hit by a young woman driving an SUV who ran a red light. The young driver was talking on a cell phone at the time of the crash. Joe’s mom had only minor injuries, but Joe was seated in
On December 29th 2009, Kassy was texting while driving and not wearing a seatbelt. She lost control of her car, went into the opposing lane of traffic and was struck head on and died—she was 18. Kassy was a 2009 graduate of Meridian High School in Idaho and had just completed her first semester at
With a Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and state lawmakers joining the cause, EndDD.org reached out to drivers and their passengers in Delaware and Pennsylvania, especially teenagers, with an urgent and life-saving warning to change their driving habits and stop driving distracted.
“This past weekend, on April 6, we celebrated my daughter Casey’s 25th birthday. But Casey wasn’t there. She was killed in 2009 by a distracted driver, a 58-year-old man behind the wheel of a van. He took his eyes off the road for just a few seconds. Pink was Casey’s favorite color, so we released pink balloons in her memory….” Read the post of Casey’s father, Joel Feldman, founder of EndDD.org on the U.S. DOT site.
… I went on to Fordham University, where I made a great friend named Casey. This is the moment where I showed the students a slide with photos of Casey and myself throughout our time together, as well as two Facebook wall posts from Casey. In this moment, the audience realized my direct connection to this cause and the root of my passion for this issue.
A Project of The Casey Feldman Foundation
