A Colorado mother is speaking out in the hope she will affect change to state law that would increase penalties for careless driving.
Thirteen-year-old Alex Mackiewicz was hit and killed on the morning of March 6 after a driver ran a red light. In late October, the driver, Ruben Morones , pleaded guilty to careless driving resulting in death. His sentencing is scheduled to take place next year.
Court records indicate Morones has past convictions for driving while impaired and other driving infractions. Witnesses told CBS Colorado he was driving a Sherwin Williams van at the time of the crash.
A clock in Victoria Cegielski’s home is frozen at 6:48 a.m. — the time her son, Alex, was killed.
“He was adventurous. He was hungry for this life,” Cegielski said. “He was very, very happy.”
In many ways, Cegielski is also stuck on that March morning.