Family Of Girls Killed In Crosswalk Fight To Change Law
Witnesses: Motorist Talking On Cell Phone Before Crash
POSTED: Monday, November 8, 2004
UPDATED: 11:53 am EST November 9,
2004
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The family of two girls killed in a Central Florida crosswalk by a motorist allegedly talking on a cell phone plan to picket to change Florida law concerning using a cell phone while driving, according to Local 6 News.
Anjelica Velez, 5, and her sister Victoria, 2, were killed Oct. 27 as they crossed at a red light with their mother on Goldenrod Road.The woman driving the car, Ashley Townsend, 22, will not face charges even though witnesses said she was talking on her cell phone and speeding, Local 6 News reported.The Velez family wants to change Florida law banning drivers from talking on cell phones without hands-free earpieces.'If my daughters had to die to change the law then let it be," father Ivan Velez said. "But I don't want my daughters' to die in vain."The girls' family and friends will gather at the corner o f Goldenrod Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. to ask people to sign a petition to change the law in Florida, according to the report.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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