Parents of State Trooper Killed by Drunk Driver Speak to High School Students from Clearfield, Centre Counties
CLEARFIELD – In conjunction with PennDOT District 2 and the Highway Safety Network, Debra and Ken Iwaniec on Tuesday shared the story of their son, Kenton, with students at Philipsburg-Osceola Senior High School and West Branch Area Junior Senior High School.
According to the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Foundation, on March 27, 2008, Pennsylvania State Trooper Kenton Iwaniec finished his shift at the Avondale Barracks in Chester County and began his drive home. Just two miles away from his station, an impaired driver crossed the centerline and hit Kenton’s vehicle head-on, killing him.
Kenton’s parents, Debra and Ken, started the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Foundation to honor DUI victims, raise awareness about the seriousness of impaired driving, and encourage the community to have a positive influence in the reduction of impaired driving.
Each year the foundation sponsors a 5K/10K Race at Saint Vincent College in April and a Sporting Clay Event at Nemacolin Woodlands Shooting Academy in September. All profits go to the purchase of preliminary breath testing devices (PBTs) for state and local law enforcement officers. To date, the Trooper Iwaniec Memorial Foundation has donated over 1,600 PBTs throughout the Commonwealth.
Learn more about the Iwaniec’s efforts at https://trooperiwaniec.org/
This program was made possible through a grant awarded to the Highway Safety Network from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s Reducing Underage and Dangerous Drinking program. Since inception of the grants program in 1999, the PLCB has awarded more than $21.1 million in alcohol education grants to fund programs that focus on proven strategies to discourage and reduce both underage and dangerous drinking.
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