In my column this week in the paper, I talk about the senseless death of Johnnie Beck. There is a call for change on the roadway in front of the Telford Unit. There is a call for something to be done to prevent the loss of another life. There is a plea on the family’s part for the pain they are feeling right now not to be in vain.

Yesterday, there was another life lost, much the same way. And it too could have been prevented. It too leaves a family grieving. It too leaves children without their...