Candice Lee Chmieluk had been drinking at a Gold Coast surf club with her younger sister Sammy-Jo, 24, when she crashed her 4WD while four times over the alcohol limit in May 2016.
Crime by Lea Emery
Premium Content A GOLD Coast mother is suing a daughter who was responsible for the death of another of her children in a drunken crash. Sammy-Jo and Candice Chmieluk were drinking at the Currumbin surf club on May 29, 2016 when Candice got behind the wheel of her Dodge 4WD about 5.30pm on a suspended driver s licence. The car hit a pole on Thrower Dr, Palm Beach with such force it split in two and debris flew 110m. The car turned into a flaming wreck. Sammy-Jo, 24, was killed instantly. The crash which killed Sammy-Jo Chmieluk. Picture: Mike Batterham