'It's so disheartening': Five names added to memorial for victims of impaired drivers at Saturday vigil
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Alberta victims of impaired drivers were remembered Saturday in Spruce Grove.
Alberta victims of impaired drivers were remembered Saturday in Spruce Grove.
A ceremony was held at the Parkland County RCMP detachment, with a candle lit for each person killed by an impaired driver.
The vigil was organized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
"We invite the families to come every year and just be together as a way to honour their family member, [their] loved one who was lost," said Gillian Phillips of MADD Victim Services.
Makayla Alice Poland was one of the people being remembered at the event.
The 28-year-old mother of two was killed by a drunk driver in June 2021 near Okotoks.
"She was my best friend, the mother of my grandbabies. She was beautiful inside and out," said Poland's mother Diana Derowin.
