Port Orange, FL - A local family is still trying to get justice for their son and brother and to get something done at what they say is a dangerous intersection on Nova Road. Laurie Friend is the mother of Ryan Friend, who died on his motorcycle in a traffic accident on September 25, 2019. She said the intersection is Nova Road and Miles Drive, about midway between Dunlawton Avenue and Spruce Creek Road.
Friend said they are holding a protest on Wednesday, June 10, which would be Ryan's 23rd birthday. It begins at 5 p.m. on Clyde Morris Boulevard in front of the Port Orange Police Department. The goal of the protest is to get the city of Port Orange to correct the citation given to the driver that hit and killed Ryan. "We're trying to get the city of Port Orange to correct the citation that was written in error by their police department, which had the charges against my son, my son's killer totally dismissed."
The Port Orange City Council heard Friend speak about the case, her son, and the intersection during their regular meeting last week. Friend said she felt they were very receptive to the problem and that they support her in the fact that's a deadly intersection, one hundred percent. "Every Commissioner, including the Mayor, said that they do back us on this issue. It is a city road funded by the state, so that makes it more difficult but they are going to try every avenue that they can."
You can out more about what the family has gone through and what they want to accomplish on the Facebook page, "Justice for Ryan Friend."
