For Reporter Kitty Alva, Good Friday a Grim Reminder of Horrendous Drunk Driving Tragedy

In light of the latest apparent bit of crass and careless celebrity DUI behavior (Amanda Bynes), not to mention the often flippant tone of media coverage, TV reporter Kitty Alva shared this chastening tweet:

As Alva tells FishbowlLA via telephone, she wants people to remember that drunk driving is an extremely serious issue, in all of its various forms. Nineteen years ago, during a year when Good Friday fell on April 1, the relatives she mentions were killed as part of a terrible such accident with a total death toll of 13.

“My family was headed to Cancun for a vacation,” Alva, a native of Southern California, remembers.

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