The Colorado State Patrol said every December, troopers see a rise in alcohol-related car crashes. The force is committed to reducing serious injury and fatal impaired driving crashes by 15% in 2025. In 2020, Francesca Dominguez was killed by a drunk driver on Highway 2 in Commerce City. On Monday, the Dominguez family shared their daughter's story. "She was never one to paint inside the lines. She had to go out," Francesca's father Daniel Dominguez said. "The teachers noticed that she had a knack for it," her mother Judy Dominguez said. Her family said she showed love through her artwork. "That's how she gifted. Everybody got paintings," Judy said. Years of gifts decorate the inside of Francesca's family home, but her life was left unfinished. Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/family-shares-story-losing-daughter-to-drunk-driver/73-878c9d07-58ec-40ad-abfa-212854376ad7 ------ More local videos here: https://youtube.com/@9news Subscribe to NEXT: https://youtube.com/@Nexton9NEWS Stay connected: 9NEWS Website: https://www.9news.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ilike9news Twitter: https://twitter.com/9NEWS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9newsdenver/ Download the 9NEWS App: https://www.9news.com/appredirect/ Sign up for the 9NEWSLETTER: https://www.9news.com/email 9NEWS (KUSA) is located in Denver, Colorado.