The morning of March 7, 2003 is one which the Outerbridge family will never forget.

It?s the night 19-year-old Troylisha Outerbridge died in an accident similar in so many ways to the one that killed her father, Troy Outerbridge, 14 years before. He was only 22.

Yesterday Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons sentenced the driver of the car in which Troylisha was a passenger to five years in prison for causing her death and causing injuries to two other passengers.

Tarik White, 24, of Hamilton Parish told Supreme Court yesterday that not a day goes by that he doesn?t regret the actions of that night.

He had been the driver of the car which had flipped over on North Shore Road near Shelly Bay in the early hours of March 7, killing Troylisha Outerbridge.

Today a small cross and flowers mark the spot on Middle Road which White said he could not drive passed without closing his eyes and holding his breath.

White was treated for a broken rib, head injury and lung injury while other passengers suffered bruising and leg injuries.

Crown counsel Cindy Clarke told the court yesterday how passengers Tashae Bean, Jelani Hollis and Jeron Douglas had all begged White to slow down.

She said White had been involved in an altercation with Police earlier in the evening along Front Street and Police had described his behaviour as agitated.

Shortly after this incident White left the scene with six passengers including another young girl who had been sitting on Troylisha?s lap.

This girl, identified in court yesterday only as Trott, begged White to let her out of the car because he was driving too fast.

The hysterical girl was dropped off outside the Aquarium prior to the accident.

White had numerous prior convictions for speeding, driving without a licence and driving recklessly. He received the first of these fines, for speeding in 1996 at the age of 16.

The car which White was driving on the night of the accident did not belong to him, nor did he have a licence.

Ms Clarke told the court that Police estimate that White had been speeding at about 97.2 kph (65 mph) when he lost control of the car and caused it to hit an embankment and flip over.

The passengers were not wearing seatbelts and were thrown from the car when it hit two trees before coming to a stop below a 15-foot embankment.

Mrs. Justice Simmons told White it was obvious he was not going to slow down until he killed someone.

White?s lawyer, Elizabeth Christopher pleaded with the court for probationary sentence, Mrs. Justice Simmons replied that if killing someone wasn?t sobering enough to cause White to reflect on his life and the cause of his behaviour, then probation would be of no use.

Besides the three year sentence with an additional two years, White also has to enrol at a substance abuse program at Westgate.

He will also be suspended from driving any motor vehicles for five years.

A statement by Troylisha?s grandmother, Shirley Tucker, was read in court yesterday in which she said the sorrow and heartache of having lost her son and then her grand-daughter in road accidents was too much to bear.

?It hurts so much that many a day I just sit and cry,? she had written.