Lives that COULD have been SAVED

STEVEN ANTHONY RHONE JR.

This group for everyone that knew Steven Rhone and got a chance to experience him as the great person that he was. He was a great friend to everyone that knew him and he was a young man that had such a bright future in front of him. I know that he would greatly appreciate all the support that people are giving his family and friends. All we can do now is give his family our best, who are so thankful that Steven has this many friends to remember him And also, for the people that are around the same age of Steven, just realize how special life is and look how things like this DO happen to people you know and just get as much out of life as you can, that's how Steven did it. ----Excerpt from a Facebook group in memory of Steven



NICK ADENHART

The lives of Angels’ rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, and friends Henry Pearson and Courtney Stewart were cut short by the ignorant choice of 22 year-old Andrew Thomas Gallow. He got behind the wheel with a BAC of three times the legal limit and broadsided Adenhart’s car.

This accident could have been prevented: “Gallo pleaded guilty to drunken driving in 2006 in San Bernardino. He was sentenced to two days in jail, three years of probation, a $1,374 fine and a four-month alcohol treatment program, court records show. He didn't serve any jail time, however, because he received credit for time served.”





ADAM ZIMMER & LINDSEY ARNOLD-ZIMMER

"A Granite City man with five prior DUIs accepted the maximum sentence for driving drunk in a 91-mph crash that killed a young couple and their unborn child.
Donald W. Canterbery, 57, received a 28-year prison sentence in exchange for pleading guilty to aggravated drunken driving and related charges. He pleaded guilty to driving drunk in a February wreck in Pontoon Beach that killed Adam Zimmer, 26, and his wife, Lindsey Arnold-Zimmer, 24, both of Granite City. Arnold-Zimmer was five months pregnant."

The thing these individuals have in common: their lives could have been saved by the ignition interlock device.
IT HITS HOME A LITTLE HARDER WHEN YOU SEE THE FACES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES