Ahmed Darwish to be sentenced today for crash that killed young mother

By CityNews Kitchener Staff

Posted May 8, 2017 10:07:19 AM.

Last Updated May 8, 2017 12:38:40 PM.

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Ahmed Darwish, 26, of Kitchener, is to be sentenced today in Kitchener Court.

Darwish plead guilty in March to five driving related offenses including impaired driving causing death.

Court heard that Darwish was travelling 214 kilometres an hour on November 27th when he crashed his car into the vehicle containing 29-year-old Susana Dumitru, her husband, her two-month-old son, and her mother-in-law. Dumitru was killed, and her son was seriously injured in the collision.

The sentencing hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. this morning.

Darwish’s other charges include dangerous driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, and refusing to provide a breath sample.

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