‘I made the bullet that killed my aunt’: Brewer tells students of impaired driving experience
Mark Shyluk described his aunt Linda as a happy, caring, fun-loving individual. He said she brought joy those around her and always put the world and its people first.
But that all changed when she was taken from him and his family in 2009. Linda was killed by a three-time convicted impaired driver. In an instant, he said, his life and his approach to work as a brewer changed.
Shyluk has worked in the brewing industry for over 30 years and is employed at Radouga Distilleries in Blaine Lake. The day his aunt died, he said he learned there were empty beer cans in the vehicle that struck her. Curious, he gathered and examined information from the scene from the RCMP. He zoomed in on a photo and saw the date code on the cans; he had made the beer.
“I made the bullet that killed my aunt,” Shyluk told students gathered Tuesday morning at Prince Albert Collegiate Institute (PACI), where he was invited to speak for Impaired Driving Awareness Week.