Mother remembers son killed 20 years ago by tired trucker

Daphne Izer's son Jeff, 17, and three friends were killed Oct. 10, 1993, when a trucker fell asleep behind the wheel and rolled over their car in the breakdown lane on the Maine Turnpike.

Posted Oct. 06, 2013, at 6:06 a.m.

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