Rebecca Beatty’s family knows the cost of impaired driving too well, ever since she was ripped away from them abruptly — killed after a drunk driver collided with her in Trenton, Ont.

Beatty, whose mother described her as an intelligent, talented and selfless young woman, was just 22 years old when her life was cut short and she was robbed of a future due to someone else’s reckless behaviour.

“She was my precious gift,” Connie Beatty said Thursday at the Mothers Against Drunk Driving 38th annual Red Ribbon campaign launch in Bowmanville, Ont.

“When I say this broke us, and this changed our lives to a point of no repair, I'm not exaggerating," Connie said.

On Oct. 3, 2021, the Quinte West, Ont., resident was driving her friend home on Sunday, having spent the morning planning a wedding.

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