Published TUESDAY December 2, 2025: 'A Family Shattered: Grief Never Dies' from ZUMA represented Pulitzer winner Renee C. Byer staff at The Sacramento Bee: When 21-year-old Andrew 'Drew' Pringle was killed by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont, California in 2023, his mother and sisters were devastated and the legal system's muted response only deepened their grief. The driver who hit Drew received eight months in jail. Sacramento County did not change the intersection. To his family, it felt as though California had treated his life as expendable in a state where more than 1,000 pedestrians die yearly. Drew's sister Erika carries her grief into action. She organized the region's first Capitol vigil for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, and speaks publicly to demand stronger responses to fatal crashes. To the Pringles, Drew was a gentle, goofy, sentimental young man whose loss reshaped every corner of their lives. To the systems that shape California's roads, he became another preventable death, one his family refuses to let be forgotten. Welcome to 'A Family Shattered: Grief Never Dies'
© zReportage.com Issue #1016 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY December 2, 2025: 'A Family Shattered: Grief Never Dies' from ZUMA represented Pulitzer winner Renee C. Byer staff at The Sacramento Bee: When 21-year-old Andrew 'Drew' Pringle was killed by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont, California in 2023, his mother and sisters were devastated and the legal system's muted response only deepened their grief. The driver who hit Drew received eight months in jail. Sacramento County did not change the intersection. To his family, it felt as though California had treated his life as expendable in a state where more than 1,000 pedestrians die yearly. Drew's sister Erika carries her grief into action. She organized the region's first Capitol vigil for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, and speaks publicly to demand stronger responses to fatal crashes. To the Pringles, Drew was a gentle, goofy, sentimental young man whose loss reshaped every corner of their lives. To the systems that shape California's roads, he became another preventable death, one his family refuses to let be forgotten. Welcome to 'A Family Shattered: Grief Never Dies'

RYLEY FRENCH, 10, gazes down at his mother, ERIKA PRINGLE, 37, as she closes her eyes in meditation, wearing a favorite hoodie that belonged to her late brother, Andrew Pringle, whose memorial she created in Rosemont. Erika has visited the site twice a week for the past two years since her brother was struck by a motorist while crossing Folsom Boulevard to get lunch at McDonald's before catching light rail to work. He later died at the hospital.
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ERIKA PRINGLE, 37, holds photos of her brother, Andrew Pringle as she looks toward the light rail he had hoped to catch in 2023 when he was struck by a motorist who ran a red light at the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Manlove Road in Rosemont. Andrew died later that night in the hospital.
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Andrew Pringle, who was struck by a car and later died in 2023, is remembered for his love of rocks in a memorial near the site of his death in Rosemont. His sister, Erika Pringle, said that once people learned of his death, they began placing painted rocks at a memorial she and friends created. Her nickname for her brother was 'Drew-Boo.'
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Pedestrians walk in a crosswalk in Rosemont where, in 2023, Andrew Pringle, 21, was struck and killed by a car that ran a red light. His older sister, Erika Pringle, hopes a pedestrian bridge could be built in the area to help prevent future road deaths.
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ERIKA PRINGLE hugs her son, RYLEY FRENCH, 10, far left, as she and friends stand near a memorial at the intersection where her brother, Andrew Pringle, was struck and later killed by a motorist while crossing to get lunch before taking the light rail to work. Two years after his death, Erika says she has continued to visit the site twice a week.
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ERIKA PRINGLE, 37, shows a heart tattoo of her brother Andrew Pringle's fingerprint, with a trace of his ashes mixed into the ink, to her son, RYLEY FRENCH, 10, at the scene where her brother was struck by a car running a red light in Rosemont. After his death, she and her sisters all got matching tattoos.
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ERIKA PRINGLE holds her dog, Boo, while drawing a message for her brother, Andrew Pringle, whom she nicknamed 'Drew-Boo,' near the site where he was killed on the two-year anniversary of his death. After his death, Erika said a medium told her she would be 'given an animal' and later, her boss gave her Boo, who was born with a club foot, like her brother.
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ERIKA PRINGLE wipes away tears after hearing an emergency vehicle siren near the spot where her brother, Andrew Pringle, was struck by a car two years earlier and later died. Erika gathers with friends for a memorial near the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Manlove Road in Rosemont.
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ERIKA PRINGLE, center, gazes down at painted rocks that she and her friends cemented at the base of a fence near the light rail station where her brother, Andrew Pringle, was struck by a motorist while crossing Folsom Boulevard during a memorial ceremony, two years after his death.
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ERIKA PRINGLE shows a tattoo with lyrics from one of her brother Andrew Pringle's favorite songs during a gathering with friends on the second anniversary of his death. Andrew was struck by a motorist while crossing Folsom Boulevard near Manlove Road in Rosemont and later died in the hospital.
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Cheryl Pringle holds a picture of her son, Andrew Pringle, at right, 'He spent a lot of time in his room, he wasn't the kind of kid who was outside getting into trouble' she said.
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CHERYL PRINGLE caresses a wool hat her son loved, alongside his favorite jean jacket in his room at their home, two years after his death. She said she seldom enters it because it's too painful. 'I very rarely come into his room, but I walk by and I'll always say, I'm home, or let him know I'm talking to him through a closed door. He's not here, but in my mind he is still here,' she said.
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Drew Pringle's ashes rest on top of a corner bookcase in his mother Cheryl Pringle's home. At left is an acrostic Drew made in fourth grade: 'A' was for Awesome, 'N' for Never is mean, 'D' for Drives people very crazy, 'R' for Really likes cars, 'E' for Excited a lot, and 'W' for Works a lot.
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CHERYL PRINGLE wears a beaded bracelet on May 19, 2025, with her son's name on it as she holds one of the puppies she named 'Momma' born to a dog her son, Andrew Pringle, had rescued on the same dangerous road where he was killed. She said she finds comfort in the pets he left behind.
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Cheryl Pringle wears a heart-shaped necklace engraved with her son Andrew Pringle's fingerprint and signature. The other side reads, 'We may be apart, but I will always be close to your heart.'
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CHERYL PRINGLE is overcome with emotion as she sits beneath her son's ashes, which rest on a bookcase above her at left, surrounded by photos from his memorial and candles burning in his memory, two years after his death in Sacramento. She says she wakes up almost every night in tears, knowing she will never see him again. 'He loved candles, he loved incense' everything that I loved, he loved,' she said.
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ERIKA PRINGLE, left, who lost her brother when he was struck by a driver who ran a red light, hugs MARIE MARTINEZ, whose son, Shawn Jordan, was also killed when he was struck by a car, on June 20, 2025, the one-year anniversary of Shawn's death in Rosemont. They both said the only good thing that came out of the deaths of their loved ones was their friendship.
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ERIKA PRINGLE holds a bracelet engraved with her brother Andrew Pringle's name that reads 'Drew-Boo & Sissy Forever and Always' at a salon where she works in Sacramento. She says having pictures and mementos nearby helps her focus on the good times with her brother rather than the traumatic memories of his death in the accident.
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Erika Pringle holds a bracelet engraved with her brother Andrew Pringle's name that reads 'Drew-Boo & Sissy Forever and Always' at a salon where she works in Sacramento. She says having pictures and mementos nearby helps her focus on the good times with her brother rather than the traumatic memories of his death in the accident.
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Erika Pringle stands near a mirror with her brother Andrew Pringle's picture, which reads 'This could be your brother' before giving a tribute for him at a National Day of Remembrance for homicide victims at the state Capitol in Sacramento. Pringle said she will host an event there for vehicular homicide in memory of her brother, who was killed by a driver who ran a red light.
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Family and friends of homicide victims light candles in tribute on a National Day of Remembrance for homicide victims, in Sacramento. Erika Pringle, whose brother died from vehicular homicide, spoke at the event and plans to host a gathering for victims of vehicular homicide at the state Capitol.
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ERIKA PRINGLE walks in between a display of homicide victims, including one of her brother Andrew Pringle, left, after speaking at a National Day of Remembrance at the state Capitol in Sacramento. She plans to host an event for vehicular homicide at the Capitol.
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ERIKA PRINGLE straightens a hat on display alongside other belongings of her brother Andrew Pringle, including the broken skateboard he was riding when struck by a vehicle that ran a red light, at a National Day of Remembrance for homicide victims at the state Capitol in Sacramento. Erika will host an event for vehicular homicide.
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ERIKA PRINGLE pauses emotionally while speaking about her brother, Andrew Pringle, at a local vigil she organized on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Andrew, pictured below center, was killed in 2023 when a driver ran a red light while he rode his skateboard. Erika organized the event to support other victims of what she calls vehicular homicide.
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ERIKA PRINGLE smiles as VICTOR SEBALLOS at the Bridal Box helps her during a fitting to decide what kind of black wedding dress she will wear for her April wedding with her mother, CHERYL PRINGLE, in Roseville. She chose her late brother Andrew Pringle's birthday as the wedding date and to wear black to honor him; he died in 2023 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont.
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A photo of Michelle Glass and Erika Pringle hugging their late brother, Andrew James Mathew Pringle, is displayed on a screensaver as Andrew James Glass, 2 months old named after his late uncle, in Rancho Cordova. His uncle was hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont in 2023. Michelle said that if she has another baby and it is a boy, she would name him Mathew to honor her brother a second time.
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MICHELLE GLASS holds her 2-month-old son, Andrew James Glass, near a toy basket labeled with his nickname ‚'Drew' in Rancho Cordova. Andrew was named after his uncle, Andrew James Mathew Pringle, whose family called him 'Drew Boo' and who died in 2023 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont.
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Michelle Glass holds the hand of her 2-month-old son, ANDREW JAMES GLASS, on a changing table as he smiles at his handmade birth announcement plaque, in Rancho Cordova. Andrew was named after his uncle, Andrew James Mathew Pringle, who died in 2023 after being hit by a driver who ran a red light in Rosemont.
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