By The Canadian Press

DRUNK DRIVING

Calgary judge sentences woman convicted in drunk-driving crash

Sep 13, 2019 | 1:19 PM

A Calgary judge who has ordered a lengthy prison term for a woman convicted in a drunk-driving crash that killed a young man says Canadians are not getting the message about the dangers of driving impaired.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Keith Yamauchi made the comment Thursday when he sentenced Jaylene Lagrelle to three-and-a-half years behind bars, with a recommendation she spend most of that time in a Saskatchewan healing lodge.

The 30-year-old mother of three had earlier pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and four counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

The court heard Lagrelle’s blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit when her sport-utility vehicle went through a red light in northeast Calgary in October 2016 and slammed into the passenger side of a car.

Shiraz Shermohammad, who was 19, died at the scene and his parents and autistic sister, along with a passenger in Lagrelle’s vehicle, were injured.

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Shiraz was a passenger in the car when the crash happened as he and his family were returning home from a night at the movies.