A Windsor woman is calling for tougher impaired driving penalties after her younger sister was killed in a fiery collision on Highway 401. Oricia Maletic says her sister, 43-year-old Nataly Tucci of Kingston, had just started a new job, was recently engaged and was planning to travel the world with her fiance. “She deserved to live a life until old age,” Maletic told CTV News. “That’s what she deserved. She had dreams. She had plans.” Tucci was killed Sunday evening in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 401 in Whitby. Two vehicles caught fire. Ontario Provincial Police have charged 20-year-old Jaxon Christie of Lincoln with impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and operating a vehicle with excess blood alcohol. The allegations have not been proven in court. A family devastated Maletic described her sister as a talented graphic designer with a creative spirit. Although the two lived hours apart and weren’t always close, Maletic says they loved each other fiercely. She had recently considered reaching out to rebuild their relationship, hoping her young son could develop a bond with his aunt. “Let’s just wait until the time is right. And now no time will be right,” she said through tears. Maletic described the sudden loss as a “whirlwind of hell,” leaving the family struggling to find its footing amid the shock, grief and anger. The loss has been especially devastating for their 83-year-old mother. “I can’t even imagine how it feels to have to bury your child,” Maletic said. Calling for change Maletic now wants to campaign for harsher sentences for impaired driving offences, hoping to spare other families the same heartbreak. “We need to come together as a community to make sure people that do this don’t get away with it,” she said. Her calls come amid a significant increase in impaired driving cases in Windsor. According to Windsor police, 226 cases were recorded between January and August 2026, compared with 130 during the same period last year -- an increase of nearly 74 per cent. For Maletic, speaking publicly is also about making sure her sister is remembered as more than another highway fatality. “Most of the time it’s just an accident. It’s just an article,” she said. But behind every fatal collision, she says, is a person whose life mattered and a family left grieving.
