UPDATE: EAST LANSING, MI - According to Michigan Traffic Crash Facts, in 2011 fifty-two people were killed in crashes involving drivers ages 17 and younger. Among those fatalities was Kelsey Raffaele.

"Kel was a great girl, a really great girl," said Bonnie Raffaele, Kelsey's mother. "She would want everybody to be safe."

After losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Bonnie fought to get a law passed in honor of her loss. Two years after the accident, a law was finally put in place and took effect March 28. A new law known as Kelsey's Law prohibits teen drivers from talking on the cell phone while driving.

"Kelsey's law says that young people on their graduated drivers's license one and two, may not use their cell phones to talk or text because it's distracted driving," said Ruth Johnson, Michigan secretary of state. "That's what causes a lot of accidents in Michigan."

Violation of Kelsey's Law will result in a ticket for $295 and possible suspension of the drivers license. Bonnie's hard work and dedication paid off in the end.

"It was a challenge," said Raffaele. "I learned a whole lot by doing it, but the reward was this, ya know, saving the kids, so it was worth it."



ORIGINAL STORY: EAST LANSING, MI - Kelsey's law went into effect March 28.