Losing Her Only Child: Woman recovers strength by starting scholarship and working to change a dangerous intersection

(By Kim Underwood, Winston-Salem Journal) - On the morning of Sept. 19, 16-year-old Sonia Luster was killed when she turned her car into the path of an oncoming pickup on her way to North Stokes High School.

Later that day, her mother, Dee Luster, had to walk into a room and say, "Yes, that is my child."

It was the hardest thing she has ever done. It's the hardest thing she ever expects to do.

"There is nothing else that could ever go wrong that would be worse," Luster said.