Grieving mom grateful for cell phone legislation

By John Flesher

Published December 22, 2012 4:36pm ET

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Grieving mom grateful for cell phone legislation — In a 2009 photo provided by Bonnie Raffaele, Kelsey Dawn Raffaele is shown in a self portrait in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. On a winter morning in 2010, Kelsey was driving home from a friend's house and chatting on her cell phone when she crashed, ending her life at age 17, and setting her devastated mother on a mission to spare others the same fate. Bonnie Raffaele won a bittersweet victory when the Michigan Legislature passed a bill prohibiting young novice drivers from using a cell phone while behind the wheel. Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, he was "generally supportive" of what officially would be known as "Kelsey's Law." (AP Photo/Raffaele Family) | Kelsey Dawn Raffaele

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — On a winter morning in 2010, Kelsey Dawn Raffaele was driving home from a friend’s house and chatting on her cell phone when she crashed, ending her life at age 17 — and setting her devastated mother on a mission to spare others the same fate.

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