15th Annual ‘Walk like MADD” 5k held in Walnut Creek [Video]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD held its 15th Annual “Walk like MADD” 5k in Walnut Creek on Sunday morning. 

Victims and survivors of drunk driving crashes were joined MADD supporters at Civic Park for the annual walk to end impaired driving. The event is co-hosted by the California Highway Patrol’s Golden Gate Division and self-driving tech company Waymo. 

For those who haven’t been directly impacted by a drunk driving crash, it can be easy to think of these crashes as mere statistics. However, it’s important to remember impaired crashes impact real people with families and lives that they left behind. 

Anne Archibald lost her husband, Kevin Archibald, to a DUI crash seven years ago. She says MADD helped her navigate the legal process and the grief of losing her life partner.

“My husband is Kevin Archibald. He was a software engineer here in the Bay Area, which sounds like …