Linda Wooldridge was riding her bicycle to get popsicles at a nearby store when she was killed in a suspected DUI, Antioch police said.
Family and friends of an Antioch woman struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver are calling for change.They said Lone Tree Way, a major thoroughfare where Linda Woolridge was killed, is dangerous because drivers often speed and disregard traffic lights.Woolridge's loved ones said they're speaking out in hopes of saving lives. "It's disappointment. It's rage. It's anger, sadness," Woolridge's mother, Linnette Kidd said on Tuesday.
He has since been released while police said they're completing their investigation before turning the case over to the district attorney for charging. Police said speed is a problem along this roadway."Her blood is on this street," family friend Mahagany Gilliam said, adding that there has been a number of people killed along Lone Tree Way.She and Woolridge's family called for safety improvements, including better lighting."This is wrong.
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