. >> reporter: cynthia jones ktws he pain it can cause. a suspected c speederrashed into and killed her cousin back in 2011. n same area where the children were involved ie crash. >> reporter: even before that, she knew the danger. >> she never saw them. >> reporter: a decade earlier, a drunk driver hit and killed jones' sister. >> he hits herfrom behind, lifts her up out of her shoes. >> reporter: a tragedy that still haunts her family and is relived every time she hears of another accident. >> we still wish we stillad her. >> reporter: the state approved new speed cameras for the highway and local leaders promise me traffic enforcement. the i-team found another issue contributing to the problems on this road. pulling police reports of every drunk driving crash between january 2016 and december 2018 on this highway, we found 44 drivers prosecuted for drunk driving and crashing, including crashes which injured other five of those people were sentenced to any jail time. and for those five, sentences were reduced to only handful of days, oft

. >> reporter: cynthia jones knows the route 2 so or indian head ri highways. speeder killed her cousin >> the same area where the children were involved in the crash. >> reporter: even before that she knew the danger. >> she never saw rthem. >>orter: a decade earlier a drunk driver hit and killed jones' sister who had pulled on to the shoulder to close her gas cap. >> he hits her from behind and lifts her up out of her shoes. >> reporter: a tragedy that still haunts her family and is relived every time she hears of another action. >> we still wish we still had5t her. m >> reporter: a all the incidents here the state approved new speed cameras for the highway and local leaders mo promised traffic enforcement the i-team found another issue which could be contributing to problems on this road by pulling traffic reports every dnk driving incident. we found 44 drivers prosecuted for drunk driving and crashing, including crashes which injured other people. five of those people wer sentenced to any jail time and for those five sentenced wereed reduco only a handful o

as for cynthia jones, she hopes the courtesy tim's proposed changes will stiffen dui penalties. >> it's a disaster in waiting for anyone who drives on 210 and a lot of people avoid it.r: >> reporte and she prays she won't have to hear of another family dealing with the loss. >> she was oe heart and joy our family. >> reporter: taken away on this dangerous stretch of road. scott macfarlane, news i-team. >>> now to read more about this story and send a tip to our washingtonit our nbc app and click on investigations. >>> take a live look right now at 14th and u streets downtown where a big crowd is gathering outside of the reeves center. this is part of the don't mute d.c. movement that started earlier this year after a phone shop in the neighborhood was told to stop playing go-go music outside. protests led to the music being turned back on. today owes demonstration will include a go-go show. it's meant to keep this issue alive and to ensure longtime city residents and culture aren't silenced by gentrification. >>> a shake-up tonight atne montgomery county high school. damascus high schoo

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