15-year-old girl killed by alleged drunk driver in Brampton [Video]

A 15-year-old girl fatally struck by an alleged impaired driver in Brampton Friday night is being remembered by friends as someone fun, loving and caring.

“She was very sweet, and she was always there for me,” one friend told CTV News Toronto on Saturday.

She and others, wearing purple shirts with the picture of the victim, who they identified as Maddy, returned to the intersection of Horwood Drive and McLaughlin Road to place a cross, flowers and balloons at the spot where their friend was struck the night before.

Peel police and paramedics were called to the intersection around 8 p.m. for a two-vehicle collision. Const. Richard Chin said preliminary information suggest a Honda Civic travelling north on McLaughlin Road made a left turn onto Horwood Drive and collided with a southbound red Volkswagen.

The impact caused the Volkswagen to spin out and mount the curb, striking the 15-year-old victim and her friend standing on …