A sentencing date has been set for a Kitchener man who pleaded guilty in the fatal impaired driving crash that killed a young London mother.
Twenty-six-year-old Ahmed Darwish pleaded guilty to multiple charges at the beginning of March, including impaired driving causing death and bodily harm, in connection with the collision on Nov. 27, 2016.
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Darwish was driving 214 km/h on Highway 7 in Wilmot Township, just west of Kitchener, when he slammed into the back of a Mazda carrying 29-year-old Susana Dumitru, her 29-year-old husband Razvan, their two-month-old son George, and Razvan’s mother. Susana, who was in the backseat with George, was ejected from the vehicle and died.
George was airlifted to a Toronto hospital where he spent several weeks on life support to treat a major brain injury. It’s unclear if he’ll ever fully recover.
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This isn’t the first time the 26-year-old has been convicted of driving while intoxicated. Darwish had a previous drunk driving conviction in 2009. Following the tragic crash in November, he refused a breathalyzer test 17 times at the police station.
Darwish pleaded guilty on March 6 to impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and failing to provide a breath sample.
During a hearing Thursday, a judge set Darwish’s sentencing date for May 8th.