Parents’ activism honors memory of son killed in car-truck crash
Laurie Higginbotham, shown here at her East Memphis home on July 11, 2019, has been pushing for tougher truck safety laws and regulations since her son Michael died in 2014 in a crash with a big rig that was making a U-turn on Walnut Grove at Interstate 240. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Southwind residents Randy and Laurie Higginbotham became advocates for trucking safety after their son Michael was killed when his Jeep struck a U-turning big rig in Memphis in 2014.
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