TIMES RECORD: Lisbon truck safety advocates headed to Washington

BY DARCIE MOORE

Times Record Staff

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DAPHNE AND STEVE IZER hold a photo showing their son, Jeff Izer, and his girlfriend Angie Dubuc, who were 17 and 16, respectively, on Oct. 10, 1993, the night they and two other teens were hit and killed by a tractor trailer truck. The driver had fallen asleep and falsified his log book. DARCIE MOORE / THE TIMES RECORD FILE PHOTO LISBON

A Lisbon couple whose son was killed by a fatigued truck driver 22 years ago will continue their years of work advocating for safe highways as they head to Washington DC in the coming days for the National Truck Safety Conference.

Daphne and Steve Izer will join dozens of truck crash victims and their families at the Truck Safety Coalition’s biennial Sorrow to Strength conference Oct. 17-20. Victims and their families will meet with members of Congress and their staff to encourage lawmakers to reject anti-truck safety provisions under consideration on Capitol Hill, and to push for positive changes in truck safety.

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