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Too often we read a story that breaks our hearts: a story about the death of a promising student or the burden one person will carry for a lifetime because of causing a traffic accident due to being distracted. Sometimes survivors like Jacy Wood share their burden in the hope of stopping more tragedy. Jacy's parents were killed in a crash caused by a distracted driver, a senseless loss that could have been avoided.
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Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
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