Montreal family wants Quebec to toughen up on drunk driving on 5th anniversary of daughter’s death
The ceremony in Montreal’s West Island began with a moment of silence for Jessica Sarli-Rivera. A woman who had a bright smile and a bright future that was taken too soon, say those who knew her.
“I’m surviving my daughter’s death,” said her mother Elizabeth Rivera in an interview Wednesday. “It’s the worst thing that could ever happen to a parent.” In March 2017, 26-year-old Sarli-Rivera was killed in a car crash that involved speeding and alcohol.Last year, a memorial bench in Jacynthe-Fyfe park in Montreal’s Roxboro neighbourhood was inaugurated to honour her and other victims of impaired driving.
Now to mark the fifth anniversary of her death, her parents and West Island MNA Carlos Leitao want to honour her once again. This time they are doing so by trying to make a change.“We’re trying to explain to the government, it is time now — it’s really time to save lives,” said her father Antoine Bittar. “Enough is enough.”
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