A 24-year-old Newmarket man has been sentenced to six years in prison, after pleading guilty to several impaired-related criminal driving offences in connection with a 2018 crash that killed a five-year-old girl in King Township, Ont.
On Tuesday, Kamau Davis-Locke was handed a six-year prison sentence and a 10-year driving prohibition by Justice Tetley in a Newmarket courtroom, York Regional Police say.
In September, Davis-Locke pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.
The collision took place during the morning of Aug. 4, 2018. At the time of the incident, police say they were called to the area of Davis Drive west of Keele Street for the multi-vehicle crash that involved nine people.
After officers arrived at the scene, they determined that a silver Volvo with two occupants inside collided with a grey Ford Taurus with one occupant.
The Volvo then struck a grey Chevrolet Cobalt, carrying one occupant, before it collided head-on with a black Honda Civic with a family of five.
The driver of the Honda Civic, a 32 year-old Scarborough man, was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police say, while a passenger, a 30-year-old Scarborough woman, was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The couple’s three children — ages 11, three and five — were also transported to the hospital. The 11-year-old and three-year-old boys had non-life-threatening injuries, while the five-year-old girl had life-threatening injuries, police say.
At the time of the crash, the victim’s family identified the five-year-old girl as Lux Peyton Gomez.
Gomez died in the hospital as a result of her injuries five days after the crash, on Aug. 9, 2018.
Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Collision Investigation Unit determined that alcohol was a contributing factor to the collision.
On Dec. 10, 2018, Davis-Locke was charged with a variety of impaired-related criminal offences, police add.
— With files from Jessica Patton and Ryan Rocca