A Squamish man has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison for a drunken hit-and-run that killed a mother of two and caused life-altering injuries to her cousin as they waited at a bus stop.

Cernos, 40, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in B.C. provincial court for impaired driving causing death and causing bodily harm and fleeing the scene.

On Sept. 2, 2022, Cernos, who had been drinking since 4 p.m. at a house party for his two-year-old daughter’s birthday, left at 11 p.m. in a Ford F250 headed to a casino against his then-fiancée’s wishes, according to a recent judgment.

He crashed the truck at a high speed while turning the corner at Cleveland and Pemberton avenues, a main downtown intersection, flipping it and hitting the wooden bench that Gurpreet Sangha and her cousin, Kuljeet Saran,

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