Madeline Sershen was struck and killed by an 88-year-old driver who ran a red light on Utopia Parkway near 16th Avenue. She was Seventeen year old. As a result of her death, in 2018, her family has started a petition urging mandatory vision testing every two years for all drivers age 80 and older.
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