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.
19:58 EDT, 29 January 2021
A mother who lost her daughter in a drunken car crash has taken another one of her children to court over the tragedy.
Sharon Gousteris is seeking more than $408,000 in damages from Candice Chmieluk and her insurance company Allianz Australia over the death of Sammy-Jo Chmieluk.
The 24-year-old was killed in May 2016 after she went for a drink with her older sister Candice at a Gold Coast venue.
Candice Chmieluk (pictured right) is being sued by her mother after a fatal car crash in 2016
Sharon Gousteris (pictured above) has filed a law suit against her daughter Candice Chmieluk
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
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