Pictured: The extraordinary moment the father of a car crash victim HUGS the 18-year-old driver who killed his son after pleading with judge to spare him

Takunda Mavima was 17 when he was driving home drunk from a high school graduation party in Grand Rapids, Wyoming

His car crashed into another car filled with students from his same school

Tim See, 17, and Krysta Howell, 15, were killed



The heart-wrenching exchange between a father whose son died in a car crash and the teenage drunk driver who was behind the wheel left witnesses in a Wyoming courtroom in tears on Monday.

Takunda Mavima, 18, had just finished high school and was driving home from a graduation party on May 20 when he crashed into another car full of his classmates at Wyoming Park High School.

Tim See, 17, and Krysta Howell, 15, died in the crash and now Mavima, who was also 17 at the time of the crash, will spend the next two-and-a-half to fifteen years in jail as a result.

Forgiveness: Drunk driver Takuna Mavima, center, is embraced by Tim See, the father of one of the two teenagers that Mavima killed in a car accident shortly after his high school graduation in May

The local ABC affiliate WZZM 13 reports that at the time of the crash, Mavima had a 0.10 blood alcohol level, well over the legal limit of 0.08.



Mavima had attended a party at his friend Shane Harlan's house before the accident and Michigan Live reports that Harlan was subsequently sentenced to probation and ordered to spend five days in a court-ordered program.



Mavima's remorse was obvious as he attempted to hold back tears during his address to the courtroom filled with relatives of his victims.



'I’m so sorry that I took two bright, intelligent, wonderful people out of this world …. I wish … I’m so sorry,' he said, stopping intermittently for tears.

Victims: Tim See, 17, and Krysta Howell, 15, were in a car with other students that was hit by Mavima in May but they were the only two who died

Remorseful: Mavima had to fight back tears as he apologized to the families of the victims In tears: Former Wyoming Park student Takunda Mavima weeps as he stands with his attorney David Dodge during his sentencing on Monday

His sorrow did not fall on deaf ears, as both the sister and the father of victim Tim See spoke on behalf of Mavima, urging the judge to give him a light sentence as he understands and has apologized for his actions.

'I am begging you to let Takunda make something of himself in the real world-- don't send him to prison and get hard and bitter, that boy has learned his lesson a thousand times over and he'll never make the same mistake again,' Lauren See said in court.

'I promised myself one thing that day. I promised myself I would not get angry.'

Forgiveness was seen throughout the ordeal, as the victim's father, whose name is also Tim, hugged Mavima as he walked out of court after the sentencing.

Tears: Angel Howell (left), the mother of victim Krysta, and Tim and Denise See (center and right), father of the second victim, were all present during Mavima's sentencing

Emotional: The courtroom was filled with relatives of the two victims and the drunk driver, as well as their friends since all three went to the same high school

'It was a perfect storm, everything that happened,' Mr See said.

Relatives of Krysta were also present and her mother Angel said that in light of the accident she is determined to raise awareness about drinking and driving.