The judge heard the woman had consumed at least two bottles of wine the night before she hit a pedestrian and continued to drive for 160 metres with three flat tyres.
The children of a woman killed on her 72nd birthday by a drunk driver have told a judge their family matriarch looked forward to enjoying her grandkids and travelling.
Gomez had been walking on the footpath when Magutau’s Toyota Corolla hatchback mounted the kerb after failing to negotiate a slight bend. After the crash, Magutau smelled of alcohol and three empty 750ml wine bottles were found in her car’s front passenger footwell.LeGrand said the loss of Gomez continued to have wide-reaching and long-lasting impacts on her family, including her children who were present in court.Power said the family’s statements were very moving and told of how Gomez had recently lost her husband and overcome cancer.
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