Community remembers 12-year-old killed in crash with growing memorial

Author: Camila Pereira Writer: Bryanna Sterzenbach
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The memorial for a little boy who was struck and killed by a vehicle this summer has doubled in size over the past couple of months.

Stretching along Crystal Drive and filled with items that honor and remember 12-year-old Andrew Sullivan, the memorial serves as a reminder for speeders and reckless drivers.

But those speeders aren’t taking the message, according to Brian Sullivan, Andrew’s dad.

They’re still speeding on by!

One driver went by at 100 mph.

And because of drivers like that, Lee County Sheriff’s Office came out Saturday morning to pull over those speeders to make sure they understood the message this family has been trying to get across.

“It’s all day long. It is a little bit more at night. Sometimes as late as 10 p.m. Unfortunately, our life has changed with everything, so there have been times where we’ve been out here till five o’clock in the morning, and there’s still speeders,” said Brian.

This is how Brian Sullivan is hoping to get the word out to speeders: “Drive like your kids live here.”

In other words, slow down.



He’s already dealt with that indescribable pain of losing a child two months ago exactly Sunday.

Andrew Sullivan, a good friend, a dedicated student and a talented musician.

His dad said not being able to take him to school on the first day this week was heartwrenching.



“This week’s been hard, really hard for me. It’s been seven years now of taking a child to Cypress Lake. I…But not this year, but I did go the second day, saw a bunch of Andrew’s friends, the principal, vice principals, some of the other teachers,” explained a tearful Brian.

All are united by Andrew, and their love for him is shown through this memorial.

LCSO says they’ll be keeping an eye on Crystal Drive from now on to hopefully stop these speeders from hurting another family.

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