11:30 pm: Alapkumar and Hiral Dave

Red light running

In 2005 more than 800 people died and an estimated 165,000 were injured in red-light running crashes. About half of the deaths were pedestrians and people in vehicles that were hit by the red-light runners.

Arlington, Texas: Newlyweds Alapkumar Dave, 27, and his wife, Hiral Dave, 24, of Arlington, Texas, were among the last people to die on US roads on June 7, 2005.

Mrs. Dave was at the wheel of a Toyota Camry, just blocks away from their apartment. Her husband was in the front seat. As Mrs. Dave turned left at an intersection, the Camry was broadsided by an intoxicated 21-year-old Marine in a Chevrolet pickup.

The Marine had a BAC of 0.13 percent, and witnesses told police he ran a red light.

The Daves had just moved into an apartment and were starting to make a new life together, says Rosie Bush, a marketing associate for Pavilion Apartments.

Twenty-five minutes after the Daves' crash, 31-year-old David Ewald ran his motor scooter into the side of a tractor-trailer in nearby Fort Worth. He was the last person to die in a crash on June 7, 2005.

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