THE death of drink-drive victim Alex Veeder is to be remembered forever with a plaque in her memory.
Twenty-one-year-old Alex, of Whitefield, was mown down in December last year with her friend Robert Bradley (20), from Northern Ireland, as they returned home from an end of term Christmas party at Nottingham University.
A car, being driven the wrong way down a one-way street by Gursharan Singh Panesar, struck the pair as it mounted the pavement and Robert was impaled on railings.
He died at the scene as a result of his injuries and Alex, a photography student, died later in hospital.
Pansesar, who was three times over the drink-drive limit, is currently serving a six-year jail term for causing their deaths by dangerous driving.
Now both grieving families have been invited to Nottingham this weekend to unveil the plaque, featuring the names of Alex and Robert, in Waverley Street, where the accident happened.
The two families, who have become close friends since the tragedy, will also help Nottingham Police launch their annual drink-drive campaign.
Said Mrs Edwina Veeder: "It has taken such a long time to get the plaque organised but now the timing is quite nice as it is approaching the anniversary of Rob and Alex's death on December 16.
"The plaque has been provided by the university and is just around the corner from the Union, where they had been that night, and lots of students will see it." Mrs Veeder has been working with the national organisation, the Campaign Against Drink Driving (CADD), to try and get tougher sentences for drink-drivers.
Thousands of posters for the Rob and Alex Justice Campaign, which feature photographs of the two friends, will be distributed nationwide in the run-up to Christmas.
The posters ask if their loved ones have become just another statistic and urge the Government to think of the victims of drink-drive crimes and for their families "whose loss imposes a life sentence".
Mrs Veeder has also collected hundreds of signatures for a petition calling for a change in the law after Panesar won an appeal in October to have his sentence cut from seven-and-a-half years to six years.
She hopes to take her campaign to Downing Street.
"It is just so important to highlight this at this time of year," said Mrs Veeder, who works with children with special needs,.
"Maybe people will think twice. If it saves just one life it will be worth it."
Mrs Veeder added: "It has been such a busy time lately getting the campaign set up and planning the trip to Nottingham. I am hoping for a very quiet day for the anniversary of Alex's death."
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