Social media users are expressing their anger following a Markham man being sentenced to 5-1/2 years after being found guilty of killing a Markham mother and her daughter while drunk driving in a 2016 collision.

Christopher Singh, 30, who was found guilty March 29 of two counts of impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and over-80 causing death, was sentenced Aug. 26 in a Newmarket courtroom for his role in the double fatality.

Justice Shannon McPherson also gave Singh an eight-year driving prohibition.

York Regional Police investigators responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a black Toyota Corolla and black Infiniti G35 at around 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2016 on 16th Avenue, near BurOak Avenue.

Pradeep Guruge, husband of Inoka Athuraliya-Liyana-Waduge, 42, who was killed along with the couple's daughter, Savani Guruge, 4, said the mother and daughter were returning from dropping him off at the GO Station on his way to work at a financial company in downtown Toronto

The pair died in hospital.

The court heard how Singh, who worked at Bell Canada, had been drinking in the lead up to picking up his daughter from his partner's home. When he arrived, his partner's sister told the court she could not tell he was inebriated and gave the small child to Singh.

In the lead up to the crash, in which Singh's vehicle crossed the centre line, the police's collision experts said there was no evidence of an attempt to stop. Singh's child, who was strapped into a child's seat, survived.

Guruge gave an extensive interview to YorkRegion.com following the death of his wife and child said at the time he still had his 12-year-old daughter, who did not go along for the car ride, at home with him.

About his wife he said: "She was very pleasant and helpful. She was actually like a second mother to me. She looked after everything, every aspect; she looked after me like a kid. She was very caring and loved to do every small detail to make sure we were all safe and happy."