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Tonight on 'Closer Look': Family and friends delivered emotional victim impact statements at the sentencing hearing for a 26-year-old Ontario man whose drinking and driving caused a deadly crash.

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On tonight's episode: 'A time bomb waiting to explode.'

In Guelph, a drunk driver has been sentenced to six years in prison — and slapped with a 10-year licence ban — after killing a 31-year-old man who "had so much more life to experience.”

Nicholas McGrath, 26, pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal 2023 crash near Hillsburgh, which claimed the life of David Thomas.

SEE: Drunk driver in fatal Hillsburgh crash was 'a time bomb waiting to explode'

“David’s death has completely shattered my life, and left a hole in my heart,” said Karen Thomas, David's mother, during a packed court hearing last week. “This senseless and preventable loss has devastated our family, and inflicted a pain no words can capture.”

GuelphToday reporter Mark Pare was in the courtroom for the sentencing and joins us tonight with all the details. You can read his latest article HERE.

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