Trailnet wants tougher penalties for pedestrian accidents - Lebanon Daily Record : State

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An organization that advocates for walkers and bicyclists in the St. Louis region is pushing for stiffer penalties for drivers who strike pedestrians.

Trailnet wants more to be done to make sober drivers more accountable, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported (http://bit.ly/2c6z69D ). The non-profit points to the deaths of 19-year-old LaTonya Williams and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Jermaine Byrd, who were fatally struck by a car last year while walking on a St. Louis County sidewalk. The driver wasn't charged.

"It's really kind of disturbing to us and our organization," Trailnet executive director Ralph Pfremmer said. "It speaks to how vulnerable everybody is and how the system doesn't always work in favor of the victim."

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Trailnet wants tougher penalties for pedestrian accidents - Lebanon Daily Record : State