RAISINVILLE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Family members of an animal control officer killed on her way to work said they're frustrated a plan to memorialize a section of M-50 still hasn't come to fruition.

A cross rests at the intersection where Darrian Young, 24, was killed on June 4, 2020. The Monroe County Animal Control officer was killed by a drunken driver while she was on her way to work. Investigators said the other driver, Michele Dropulich of Hudson, blew through a red light and broadsided Young .

Watch Darren Cunningham's video report below: Monroe County family awaits memorial for fallen officer

Dropulich, 47, is currently serving a minimum of 17 years in prison.

"She was a sweetheart," Patricia Kirby, Young's grandmother, told 7 News Detroit.

Kirby said she's afraid

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