LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - In the wake of two tragic DUI crashes in Lexington this week, WKYT sat down with the regional executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

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Alex Otte has a story of her own that changed her life forever.

“Many weeks in the ICU, a week in a coma, six weeks in a neck brace and three and a half months in a wheelchair and to no fault of my own this is my new life.”

Fifteen years ago, it was a normal summer day on the lake for Alex Otte.

“I don’t remember, but evidently I gave my mom a thumbs up to say I saw him coming and I wasn’t going to move.”

While on her jet ski, Otte watched a boat nar

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