Mother calls for change after son dies in motorcycle crash

Advocating for motorcycle safety

FOX 13's Jennifer Kveglis shares how one mother is turning pain into purpose after her 22-year-old son died in a motorcycle crash last month.

LARGO, Fla. - Family and friends of a 22-year-old Navy veteran killed in a Largo motorcycle crash last month are rallying for more safety measures on the road. 

Sean Jennings Jr. was mere blocks away from his mom's house when he was killed in a crash on May 12 at the intersection of Seminole Blvd and 122nd Ave N. 

Since that day, every Monday, his loved ones have lined Seminole Blvd with signs advocating for motorcyclists on the road.

What they're saying:

"Look twice, maybe even look three times," family friend Kylie Border said. "Motorcycles, it's not that they’re going fast, it’s not that they’re speeding. But they are so small compared to a car."

The crash is still under investigation. 

Jennings' loved ones said around 6 p.m. he was on his motorcycle traveling north on Seminole Blvd when another vehicle, facing south, attempted to make a left turn onto 122nd Ave N. 

The two collided and Jennings was airlifted to Bayfront Hospital where he died days later.

Sean's mom, Virginia Bentley, said the intersection needs to be made safer. 

"The intersection that we’re at, you’re crossing over a three-lane highway and I would like to see no left turn and no U-turn there, because it is extremely dangerous. We’re out here every Monday and it’s constantly the same thing. You can’t see out here," she said.

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Bentley also believes the area could benefit from speed monitoring.

"I don’t know where the speed limits are, or maybe they could put something up where they track people’s speed," she said.

Jennings graduated from Northeast High School's automotive program and went on to enlist in the Navy as a fire controlman. 

"He really was a hero," she said. "He was a hero then, and he became a hero after. He was an organ donor, and he saved many people’s lives and that’s truly the kind of person he was. Every single moment of the day he went with whatever it was."

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