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Parents urge Dana Point council to act after fatal DUI crash, call for ignition interlocks and traffic calming
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about a recent DUI crash that killed a 13-year-old and called for the city to lobby for tougher penalties, require ignition interlocks, enforce overserving by establishments, and consider traffic-calming designs; no formal council action was taken during the meeting.
Dana Point — During public comment on Dec. 2, multiple residents urged the City Council to take steps to reduce drunk-driving deaths after a recent crash that killed a 13-year-old boy.
Jennifer Goudette, speaking for herself and two fellow parents, said the fatality was "the third death of somebody at the hands of a DUI driver in our city" she knows of and called on the council to lobby the state for tougher DUI penalties, consider mandated ignition-interlock devices, increase…
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