Drunk driver sentenced to jail time

The Canadian Press

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.—A young man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a drunk-driving crash that resulted in the deaths of two women and left a newborn with a brain injury.
Jeremiah Jobb earlier had pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving causing death.
In June, 2013, Jobb, then 21, struck the vehicle that Taylor Litwin, 21, was driving.
Litwin died on the scene while her 17-year-old passenger, Brandy Lepine, who was pregnant at the time, died shortly after giving birth to daughter Aurora Sky Brandy Ledoux by emergency C-section.
Lepine was just 26 weeks pregnant at the time of the crash so her baby weighed only 2.2 pounds at birth and suffered minor brain damage which still gives her frequent seizures.
Jobb was going more than three times the speed limit, was more than two-and-a-half times over the legal blood-alcohol limit, and had refused an offer of a ride from a designated driver earlier in the evening.
It was an emotional scene in Prince Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday as Justice Gerald Albright handed down his sentence, which includes banning Jobb from operating a vehicle for two years upon his release and paying $400 in victim impact surcharges.
Josephine Ledoux, Lepine’s mother and grandmother of baby Aurora, offered a victim impact statement prior to the sentencing.
Ledoux spoke of the hardships she has endured since the death of her daughter, saying she has not been able to mourn since all of her energy has been focused on raising the child, who is now two years old.
Ledoux pushed through tears to tell Jobb she forgives him and has prayed for him every day, but made it clear it still is a daily struggle for their family.
“Parents should never have to bury children—a piece of my heart was buried with her and I’ll never get that back,” Ledoux said. “I want Jeremiah Jobb to think about Aurora every day.”
Outside of court, Ledoux said forgiving Jobb would be something her daughter wanted her to do.
Jobb could not muster many words when given an opportunity to speak.
Looking into the gallery toward the family members, he told them he prayed every night for them.
He then muttered, “I’m sorry,” several times before returning to his seat.