Accountability & Justice for Zane and everyone working in the roadway

04/25/2024

Thank you WTBA for the Word Safe Wisconsin initiative that launched this week! Our 3rd and final day of press conferences around the state. I am mentally and physically exhausted but could not be more excited about this. Great story on NBC 26 from Green Bay.

"There's nothing you need to be in that big of a hurry for. There's no message on your phone that's that important," said Becki Slater, the mother of a construction worker who died in Sauk County.

04/24/2024

Reposting because Facebook deleted stating it violated community standard. So wrong.

Teaching Teens to be confident and safe drivers as they navigate work zones and share the road with first respondersAward Winning and trusted by parents. Oklahoma teens are required to complete the FREE Oklahoma Work Zone Safe to receive their Oklahoma Intermediate Driver License. Any new teen drive...

04/24/2024

https://www.wmtv15news.com/2024/04/24/new-wisconsin-drivers-ed-course-highlights-construction-workers/

New Wisconsin legislation requires 30 minutes of work zone safety driver’s education for student drivers.

11/14/2023

Not a great one but an update. The lead about filing for a John Doe hearing that we got from the State office of victim witness is a dead end according to multiple attorneys.
The Sauk County DA is refusing to meet with us to discuss reconsidering the case. The DA is saying we need to go to the sheriff and asked to have the investigation reopened. Once our private investigators finished their reports I will be taking those to the Sauk County sheriffs department to request that the investigation be reopened as we have noted multiple gaps, missing, and or not done interviews and variations from normal protocol in this type of investigation. We need to have it all documented before we go forward with it. If that gets us nowhere, our next step is the press we’re trying to not do that. We’re trying to do it through the system and do it right.  I have been reaching out to construction organizations, hoping to elicit some support so if anyone knows of any or contacted any, please let me know, we’re not looking for money we’re just looking for their support for safety and advocacy for justice.
We will not give up the fight. Thank you for all of your support. Please keep following and sharing this page, every construction workers life depends on it. Awareness and accountability save lives.

11/06/2023

After receiving the devastating news that while the Sauk County Sheriff Department recommended Negligent Homicide, the Sauk Count DA has decided no charges would be filed against the driver that took Zane’s life November 22, 2022 our family has been forced to fight a fight that we should not have to. No loved one should experience such great loss and then continually must fight for accountability and justice. Please know that we have discovered numerous inconsistencies in the case file, including what we can assume is a large amount of missing information or just a sloppy case file, either way it is not ok. There are also contradictions in the DA decision memo.
I am not going to provide all details that this time but I will share a few. First and foremost, all other things aside, the driver admitted knowing that they should pull over and call someone, that they should not continue driving, yet they decided to continue costing Zane his life. All he did wrong that morning was go to work. The jobsite was very well-marked and exceeded OSHA standards. The driver drove past electronic message boards and orange barrels to get to Zane. This cannot go uncharged. Please know that our family does not want this person to go to prison, we do however believe that accountability is necessary, not just for Zane but for anyone that works in the roadway. Our family wanted to advocate for community service, like speaking at high schools or to drivers ed classes to increase awareness.
We have attorneys and investigators as well as a media person. Our family is doing this a great personal expense because the legal system has let all everyone down.
Please consider following this page, we may need letters of support or people to show up for hearings or other such events. We will also be sharing additional information as we work through everything with legal counsel and investigators.
All we can do now is try to save lives going forward, Zane would want that, and he deserves it.