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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