JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For Mandi and Robert Stewart, the site of their son's memorial off Old St. Augustine Road in Jacksonville is sacred ground.

"If I had one place that did feel like I was more connected to him, it was here at this crash site because he was more alive," Mandi explained.

Their son Trenton was hit and killed there in a head-on crash in May 2023. He was 18 years old at the time and a graduate of Creekside High School. He had just finished his first year at Stetson University where he played football.

Since then, the Stewarts have been advocating for Florida laws to change after learning the driver who killed Trenton had already spent time in jail for another vehicular homicide. They were successful with the Florida state legislature passing Trenton’s Law this year, which

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