IL teen driver deaths cut in half over past decade

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/36619846/il-teen-driver-deaths-cut-in-half-over-past-decade

CARBONDALE, IL (Taylor Clark, KFVS-TV.  Please Click on the like above.  The please click on the link for the full story and video.  Here is an excerpt below.)

According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the number of drivers between the age of 16 and 19 getting into fatal car accidents has dropped by 51 percent over the past 10 years.

In 2016, there were only 76 deaths in this category.

Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White said the state’s Graduated Drivers License Program is the reason why. He is joined by many drivers education instructors in the state, like Kim Wheeler, who teaches the course at Carbondale Community High School.

“I think through education in the school system tied in with the GDL has played a huge part in that,” Wheeler said in regard to the lowering number of teen motor fatalities.