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The devastating impact of drunk-driving: a family’s story
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|April 16, 2025
Families affected by drunk-driving tragedies advocate for stricter sentencing laws. They share their heart-wrenching stories of loss and the need for justice
FAMILIES who have lost their loved ones to accidents caused by drunken drivers believe the six-year prison sentence could go a long way in saving other families from going through the pain and trauma they endured.
In January 2018, a South Coast businessman was charged with eight counts of culpable homicide and drunk driving after an accident that claimed the lives of a Pietermaritzburg family.
The victims were Mitchell Mahabeer, 43, his wife Veroshnie Ramparsad, 34, his mother-in-law, Lorraine Rampersadh, 57, brother, Jesse Mahabeer, 22, and his children Titus, 3, Leah, 6, Hannah, 7, and Isabella, 11.
This story is from the April 16, 2025 edition of Post.
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