CORRECTION: The deadliest time of year for teenagers -- and what a local mom is doing about it

Good Saturday morning. Today we'll show you how a Yorktown mother turned her son's death into a statewide safety crusade, plus an update on a local candidate's campaign.

left, Tammy with her late son Conner, and with Keeper, the dog born a week after his death (pictures courtesy Tammy McGee)

Editor’s Note: We are re sending this edition to correct Tracy Wainwright’s first name.

We are in the deadliest 100 days of the year for teenagers.

The American Automobile Association says 33% of teenagers who perished in road crashes in Virginia between 2013 and 2022 – 151 in all -- died during the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when schools are out.

“We lose more teenagers from Memorial Day to Labor Day than any other time of year,” said Tammy Guido McGee, a tireless advocate for teen driver safety. “Teenagers are at home, and their parents are at work” and they are in cars going to the beach and other entertainment venues, she said.

McGee’s own son was killed in a car driven by a teen without a license nearly six years ago.

Since that time, she has lobbied for state laws to ensure teenage driver safety, including two new laws that take effect in Virginia July 1.

It will now be a misdemeanor offense…