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From Saratogian.com
MILTON — A memorial service for the Ballston Spa High School student who was killed by an allegedly drunk driver has been scheduled for Wednesday evening, school officials announced.
Kari Liedel, 14, was walking on West Milton Road at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when police say she was struck by a Ford Escape driven
by 21-year-old Gavin Staulters. She died at the scene.
Those who knew the teenager, a Milton resident, described her as someone who loved to sing and dance and was always smiling and laughing.
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The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK — Days after a West Fargo family was killed in an alcohol-related crash, officials debated Monday how to address North Dakota’s growing problem of drunken driving with some blaming society’s lax attitudes and others pushing for tougher state laws.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said last week one of his biggest concerns is the increasing number of arrests for driving under the influence in North Dakota. There were 6,600 DUI arrests reported last year, the highest in a decade and 22.6 percent of all arrests in the state.
Four days later, Aaron Deutscher, 34, his pregnant wife Allison, 36, and their 18-month-old daughter, Brielle, of West Fargo, were killed in a car crash involving Wyatt Daniel Klein, 28, of Jamestown.
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From Chicago Sun Times
A 51-year-old Lockport woman driving to work early Sunday was killed when her SUV was hit at 95th Street and LaGrange Road by a pickup truck driven by a 25-year-old Orland Park man who ran a red light and told police he had been drinking since Saturday evening, a Cook County sheriff’s police spokesman said.
Matthew Senica, of 13711 S. 88th Ave., has been charged with felony aggravated DUI and is to appear in court at 9 a.m. Tuesday, the Cook County Sheriff’s office said Monday.
Heidi Roseen, of the 16900 block of West 143rd Street, was pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital shortly after the 6:15 a.m. accident, sheriff’s police spokesman Frank ….MORE