Southern Nevada honors crash victims on World Day of Remembrance [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Sunday was International World Day of Remembrance, designated by the World Health Organization as a day to remember lives lost on the roads and share their stories to prevent future tragedies.

This weekend, an event at Silverado Ranch Community Center was held to honor valley crash victims and first responders.

“To acknowledge people’s lives that have been forever changed by a road crash, and to honor emergency responders who respond to those crashes,” said Erin Breen, Director of the Road Equity Alliance Project at UNLV.

The event included a Ride of Silence and a candlelight memorial, with moving tributes to the lives lost and forever changed by crashes.

One attendee, Vanessa Aguilar, shared her sister’s story with FOX5, “Savannah Aguilar was my younger sister. She was 22 in 2017, and on July 5, a guy ran a red light and took her life, killing her …