An image you will never forget...

I still recall the first time I saw this image. This is what an impaired driver can do to another human being (the other two in the car this idiot hit were killed). Having to live like this for decades is unfathomable to me, but she spent her life campaigning against drunk driving.

Jacqui Saburido, face of famous anti-drunk driving campaign, dies

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jacqui Saburido, the woman who became the face of anti-drunk driving campaign after a 1999 crash left her with third-degree burns, has died, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission confirmed on Monday.

In 1999, Saburido took a break from college in her native Caracas, Venezuela, to come to the United States to learn English. She had only been in the U.S. for about a month when she was coming home from a birthday party on Sept. 19 and her friend's car was struck by 18-year-old Reggie Stephey, who had been drinking.

Stephey drifted across the road's center stripe and struck the car head-on — killing two of the passengers instantly.

Saburido survived but nearly burned to death when the car caught fire.

Stephey, a high school senior of Austin, was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter and sentenced to seven years in prison — he was released in 2008.

Jacqui, meanwhile, suffered extensive third-degree burns that left her blind, melted off her hair, and resulted in the loss of her ears, lips, nose and eyelids. She also lost use of her hands. She was not expected to survive.

Since the crash, she underwent over 100 operations and at one point, her medical bills totaled up to $5 million — a price tag she faced without health insurance. She died of cancer in Guatemala.

Jacqui spent most of the rest of her life advocating for the Texas Department of Transportation's campaign urging people not to drink and drive. She appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" twice and it is estimated that at least one billion people have heard her story.

During a press conference, she once said:

"Even if it means sitting here in front of a camera with no ears, no nose, no eyebrows, no hair, I’ll do this a thousand times if it will help someone make a wise decision...”

RIP Jacqui.