Friday, September 12, 2008

Tragedy moved mom to start first Pinellas FL chapter of MADD

Tragedy moved mom to start first Pinellas chapter of MADD
By Stephanie Hayes, Times Staff Writer
In print: Friday, September 12, 2008
Jan. 8, 1983. A mother says goodbye to her daughter.

Laurie Ferguson, a pretty brunet pet lover, is en route to a movie with Jeffrey Richards, a musician who has given her a promise ring.

Before they leave her mother's house, Diane Fradin stops her daughter — Laurie's little Karmann Ghia makes her nervous.

"Be careful driving," she says.

Across town, William Everett Nelson has spent 10 hours drinking at two bars. He has downed 30 drinks — beer and White Russians in a 12-ounce mug. His blood streams with two times what's legal.

He gets in his car.

Around midnight, Laurie, 25, and Jeffrey, 30, drive home. Nelson speeds through a red light at a St. Petersburg intersection. He broadsides the Karmann Ghia.

Laurie and Jeff are killed.
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