Sacramento County is hitting a grim milestone, with more than 100 people being killed by cars so far this year. The statistic includes drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.
A DUI checkpoint in Sacramento last Friday night and the California Highway Patrol's maximum enforcement period over this Labor Day holiday weekend were just some of the efforts being taken to reduce the number of people killed and injured on the roads, but some grieving family members said that's not enough.
Ricky Reyes' teen son, Ricky Jr., was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver in early August .
"It seems like my son was here today and gone tomorrow. It's like someone stole him from me," Reyes said.
The 19-year-old, who was waiting at a bus stop on Del Paso Road in Natomas, was the 97th traffic fata