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Drink driver who smashed into rickshaw killing birthday reveller handed more jail time

Luis Balcazar Soto, 25, was driving without a licence and was twice the legal drink-drive limit when he caused the crash which killed Sophie Strickland who was out celebrating her 31st birthday

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

Drunk driver jailed after hitting rickshaw and killing woman out for birthday in Elephant and Castle crash

‘All I could do was sit there with Sophie, stroke her hair and tell her how much she was loved’ recalled the woman’s friend of her final moments

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2022

Woman killed on her birthday night out after drunk driver smashes into rickshaw

Luis Balcazar Soto, 24, was twice over the drink-drive limit when he smashed into a rickshaw, killing 31-year-old Sophie Strickland, who was celebrating her birthday with friends

Daily Mirror · Nov 1, 2022