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A man killed in a alcohol-fuelled roadside crash on Highway 2 more than two years ago will be honoured with the first Edmonton-area memorial roadside sign.

“It means so much, I’m sure it means everything to his kids, they’re gonna grow up and see that sign,” said Tony Wentworth, whose son, Thomas Spinks, was a victim of impaired driving. “I’m dead against people having a couple drinks and driving their vehicle. People die and then their whole family is torn apart.”

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Wentworth and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) unveiled a roadside sign Wednesday that will be placed at the crash site. The sign, bearing Spinks’ name and the MADD red ribbon logo, is scheduled to be up by Friday morning and will be the second one in Alberta after MADD raised one outside of Calgary last year.

Spinks was a 34-year-old roofer and a father of three who was killed in 2017 while riding in a newly bought vehicle driven by an intoxicated family friend.