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Photo by GRAH4AM PAINE jiII Pallin, whome dmughter Samentha Hunt, 19, »mm IIed la«1 mummer by a drunk driver, la mhown mbove wlth à picture of the vlctlm. Next month wIII narkà yemr ince the trmgedy. INSID Bv PAM DOUGLAS 3 Special ta The Champion A drunk driver who sped through a t Brampton intersection killing a young Milton womnan was sentenced to two years ~ in jail and was ordered to undergo randomn urine and saliva tests for alcohol after he gels out of prison. Raymond Gabriel, 29, of Brampton will undergo butween six and 10 randomt tests for alcobol during bis two-year probation, Justice Casey Hill ruled in Brampton Supenior Cour last Wednesday. He bas been banned fromn driving for five years after a bigb-speed crash that killed Samantha Hunt of No. 3 Sideroad, just six days bufore ber 20tb birtbday. Gabriel pleaded guilty te one counit of criminal neg- ligence causing deatb. The lesser irnpaired driving charges were dropped. Justice Hill noted Gabriel bad more dma twice tbe legal limit of alcobol in bis blood and was driving more than 100 km/b in a 60 km/b zone in tbe early moming bouts of July 2, 1998. Vietim planned to marr Gabriel sped tbrougb a red ligbt at tbe intersection of Kennedy Road and Williams Patkway, smasbing full force into the driver's side door of Ms Huntes Toyota. She was killed outright. he young woman, wbo grew up in Branmpton and was engaged to a Brampton man, was on ber way to ber No. 3 Sideroad home from ber job as a bartender at a pub in downtown Brampton. Alcobol was described te tbe court as "the catalyste for Gabriel's previous criminal record , which includes no driving offences, but does show break and enter and assault. Gabriel, a father of two childien aged 5 and 7 years, bad previously admitted alcohol was a probleni. Gabriel was on probation at the tinie of the crash. A week bufore the collision bie had been issued a second court order te abstain from alcobol. Justice Hill acknowledged in bis ruling that Gabriel bad ignored previous court orders, and coupled bis abstention order witb the randomn urine, saliva and breatb tests. Justice 1Hil1 dismissed die defence's suggestion that Gabriel bu allowed te serve bis sentence in tbe coin- munity. "Mhe community would bu furtbur endangered by tbe release of this offender because of tbe risk te te- offend," be saidL "He represented an unconscionable risk just by pulling bis car onto a public thorougb- More than 30 victimi impact statements were flled witb tbe court Ms Hune's friends and family. "She was a friendly girl, very kind, very generous and nu,,tn" qaid the virl's mother. Jli Pallin of No. Ms Humt, who moved to Milton wvith hier mother and irce siblings three years ago, loved horses and had iorked at area ranches. She also had a love for other nimais and bad a dog and several reptiles as pets. Sbe reviously worked at Kelsey's in Milton as a waitress. Gift of sight Her body was so crusbed by the impact bier comeas vere the only organs teft intact, her mother said, and hey were successfully donated. "Two littie boys now have full vision because of hat," Ms Pallin said. Ms Pallin, wbo has bad a bard dm focusing on ber ~areer as an office manager since the crash and now works part-lime in a warebouse, donated tbe crusbed car to Against Drug Driving (ADD). TMe anti-drinking and diiving group uses the car in elucation programns for students. Ms Pallin said shte believes Gabriel's sentence was too ligbt and generally supports barsber punisbments for the crime overall, but she doesn't blame the judge. 'l was quite shocked that tbe sentence camne in at two years lesa a day, but in retrospect 1 understand wbat the judge was doing," she said. ,"I don't fe, tbe punisbment was fltting of the crime - but bie (Justice Hill) did the best he could do under the circuntstances." A federal sentence (anytbing over two years) would not bave allowed Justice Hill to impose probation con- ditions such as the alcohol testing, and rehabilitation of Gabriel is the main principle, "not retribution," Ms Pallin said. Wallis fine line "I date say dear Sammy would bu turning in bier grave if sbe knew her life was wortb two thirds or one third of two years," she said. Ms Pallin said she cornes from a Mormon family that decîded 43 years ago "to avoid the tentacles of alcohol, but it bas a gnip on us anyway." She said bier daugbter's death bas left bier walking a fine line witb bier other cbildren, James, 19, Christopher, 13, and Jessica, Il. Sbe tries te ensure that tbey are aware of tbe dangers on the road, but sbe does not want to bu paranoid. On tbe first anniversary of tbe crash next montb, Ms Pallin said family and friends "i gather for a party - the best way tbey see to remember a young woman witb an mucb zest for lie. Ms Pallin said it's been the support of family and friends that bas belped bier tbrough tbe last year. Police and tbe Crown attorney's office bave also assisted by keeping bier informed. Many of Samantba's friends come te seS Ms Pallin. he visita belp keep ber strong, she said. **Everywbere Sain went, sbe brougbt laugbter and mischief." Ms Palmi recalled. ul.tl, fi-- finm 71w Chani»ioii's Karen Smith A Metroland Conimunity Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 24 Tuesday, June 8, 1999 40 Pages 750 (GST included) Drunk kilied Milton Mteen, gets two years