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Wales Online
Neil Shaw

Dad's two heartbreaking reasons for telling people not to drink and drive

A dad who lost two children in a horror crash while driving home from a football match has issued a World Cup plea for people not to drink drive. Steve Kimberley’s eldest son Matthew, 12, and daughter Lucy, 10, died after a Range Rover driven by a drunk careered into them on the A38 in 1996.

A 19-year-old family friend Ben Jewell and the Range Rover driver were also both killed in the crash that left Steve wheelchair bound. Photos of the scene show how Steve's car was decimated by the impact - leaving his car so damaged police were unable to identify what type of car it was.

Now 25 years later Steve is warning people against getting behind the wheel during World Cup celebrations and in the buildup to Christmas and New Year. Steve, of Falmouth, Cornwall, had taken Matthew, Lucy and Ben to see Chelsea vs Plymouth Argyle in a pre-season friendly.

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