Marchers call for safer roads 2 weeks after crash near High Park kills older couple
CBC
More than 100 people walked down a major road at the eastern edge of High Park on Tuesday to demand safer streets two weeks after a crash killed an older couple.
With a Toronto police escort, the demonstrators marched on Parkside Drive from Bloor Street West to Spring Road. They sang and chanted.
At the T intersection of Parkside Drive and Spring Road, the demonstrators marked a moment of silence for Fatima Avila, 69, who died in hospital, and Valdemar Avila, 71, who died at the scene of the crash on Oct. 12. Five vehicles were involved.
Ashley Avila, their daughter, was at the march and said the death of her parents is devastating. She called on the city to improve road conditions.
"Something needs to be done about Parkside Drive. The cars do come down here with quite a force," she said.
"I know they have been advocating for quite a long time. If somebody would have listened and answered some of their calls, this tragedy wouldn't have happened.".
Avila said she became emotional when she looked at the large makeshift memorial for her parents near the crash site.
"It brings me back to two weeks ago, the moment I try and feel what my parents were feeling in those last moments," she said. "It's the toughest thing I have to do."
The crash happened four days before her three-year old son's birthday party.
"It was tough as a first birthday without their grandparents. And we have a lot more of those coming, unfortunately."
Avila said her parents were hard-working people who came to Canada with only a suitcase.
"They were good people," she said. "They built a great life in Canada."
Toronto police have said a 38-year-old man was driving a 2013 BMW 320i southbound on Parkside Drive at high speed when he collided with the Avilas' 2003 Toyota Matrix, which was waiting in traffic.
The initial collision caused a chain reaction, with three other vehicles crashing into each other. Police have not yet laid any charges but said the investigation is continuing.
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