LAKEPORT, Calif. – A candlelight vigil for a young woman killed late last month in a drunk driving crash took place Wednesday evening at Library Park in Lakeport.
Approximately 150 people attended the gathering to pay respects to Francesca Schetter, 19, who was killed in the solo vehicle wreck on May 22 near Lakeport.
The vigil also sought to raise awareness about drunk driving.
Friends, family and acquaintances shared memories of Schetter and personal tales with the assembled crowd, and implored people not to drink and drive or ride with inebriated drivers.
Schetter was riding as the passenger in a 1997 Honda Civic driven by 21-year-old Lakeport resident Nicholas Ivicevich when the crash occurred, the CHP said.
Ivicevich was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol before he was flown to a regional trauma center.
He has since been booked into the Lake County Jail, where he remains with bail set at $250,000, according to jail records.
At the site of the crash, Schetter's friends have set up a memorial with flowers, candles and other items.
A video of the vigil can be seen above.
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