Bruce Holloway was turning into his driveway in Mount Juliet, Tenn., in April 2009, when he was struck and killed by Brian Duffey.
Duffey was driving 80 mph with alcohol and painkillers in his system, according to police and court records.
“He was already home,” said Holloway’s fiancée, Mary Loving. “It’s so unfair.”
Duffey pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and was sentenced to 22 years. He was one of a growing number of heavily medicated Americans who get behind the wheel every day.