Mother blames alcohol for fatal crash that killed teen

Mother blames alcohol for fatal crash that killed teen

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LOXAHATCHEE, FL -- From her home in Loxahatchee, Jeannette Estremera wipes away tears looking at pictures of her 15-year-old son, Osvaldo Estremera.

"This was my baby and I would tuck him in every night ...and every night I would kiss him goodnight and he would say, 'I love you mom," she says.

Her precious goodnight memories now mix with images of the scene along Caloosa Blvd. in Palm  Beach Gardens early Tuesday morning: flashing lights, a truck pulled from a canal, her son's body covered by a tarp.

"I collapsed to the ground screaming my son's name out," she says.

She and Osvaldo, who went by 'Ozzie,' were at a friend's house late Monday night.

She says she left only for a few minutes and when she returned, Ozzie had left with an acquaintance, 27-year-old Jay Brandon Collins.

Estremera says she didn't know about Collins' history of drug charges but claims she did know he'd been drinking that night.

Although the investigation is not complete, she believes, "He was in no condition to drive, none whatsoever."

Why her son, a freshman and football player at Dwyer High School chose to get in the truck with him, she'll never understand.

Why he seemingly wasn't wearing a seatbelt when the truck lost control, ejecting Ozzie before crashing into the canal where Collins also died, makes no sense either.

"I never thought what happened that night was possible, even remotely possible," Estremera says.

She whispers "I love you" to a picture of her son, trying to push away memories of holding his cold hand along the shore of the canal, sharing one final goodnight prayer with her baby.

"I kneeled over to him and said, 'I love you, I love you, I'm so sorry you're hurt and that you're gone, that I'll never hear your voice again, that I'll miss you forever and you are the best gift God ever gave me."

Ozzie Estremera's family is holding a private viewing in their home Thursday.

Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday from 11am-2pm at The Gardens Memorial Park in Boca Raton.

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/Mother-blames-alcohol-for-fatal-crash-that-killed-teen#ixzz1aYHq6yAX

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male	Approximate blood alcohol percentage (by vol.)[3] One drink has 0.5 US fl oz (15 ml) alcohol by volume
Drinks	Body weight
	40 kg	45 kg	55 kg	64 kg	73 kg	82 kg	91 kg	100 kg	109 kg
	90 lb	100 lb	120 lb	140 lb	160 lb	180 lb	200 lb	220 lb	240 lb
1	– 0.05	0.04 0.05	0.03 0.04	0.03 0.03	0.02 0.03	0.02 0.03	0.02 0.02	0.02 0.02	0.02 0.02
2	– 0.10	0.08 0.09	0.06 0.08	0.05 0.07	0.05 0.06	0.04 0.05	0.04 0.05	0.03 0.04	0.03 0.04
3	– 0.15	0.11 0.14	0.09 0.11	0.08 0.10	0.07 0.09	0.06 0.08	0.06 0.07	0.05 0.06	0.05 0.06
4	– 0.20	0.15 0.18	0.12 0.15	0.11 0.13	0.09 0.11	0.08 0.10	0.08 0.09	0.07 0.08	0.06 0.08
5	– 0.25	0.19 0.23	0.16 0.19	0.13 0.16	0.12 0.14	0.11 0.13	0.09 0.11	0.09 0.10	0.08 0.09
6	– 0.30	0.23 0.27	0.19 0.23	0.16 0.19	0.14 0.17	0.13 0.15	0.11 0.14	0.10 0.12	0.09 0.11
7	– 0.35	0.26 0.32	0.22 0.27	0.19 0.23	0.16 0.20	0.15 0.18	0.13 0.16	0.12 0.14	0.11 0.13
8	– 0.40	0.30 0.36	0.25 0.30	0.21 0.26	0.19 0.23	0.17 0.20	0.15 0.18	0.14 0.17	0.13 0.15
9	– 0.45	0.34 0.41	0.28 0.34	0.24 0.29	0.21 0.26	0.19 0.23	0.17 0.20	0.15 0.19	0.14 0.17
10	– 0.51	0.38 0.45	0.31 0.38	0.27 0.32	0.23 0.28	0.21 0.25	0.19 0.23	0.17 0.21	0.16 0.19
Subtract approximately 0.01 every 40 minutes after drinking.

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Over 90 % of Fatal DUI crashes involve Drivers who've not been convicted of DUI's,
Efforts are underway in the United States to
increase the use of breath-alcohol ignition
interlocks among convicted DWI offenders, both
through passage of stronger state laws that will
require them for first-time offenders, and through
efforts to work within the criminal justice system
to maximize their adoption
(http://www.madd.org/Drunk-Driving/Drunk-
Driving/Campaign-to-Eliminate-Drunk-
Driving.aspx).
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only partially solve the problem of alcoholimpaired
drivers. That is because a large
proportion of the alcohol-impaired fatal crashes
that occur every year involve drivers with no
prior DWI convictions. In 2006 only 7 percent
of drivers in fatal crashes with BACs 0.08 g/dL
or higher had previous alcohol-impaired driving
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