Metallica lyric embodied life of Windsor couple killed in Walker Road crash
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"Our bodies lie, but still we roam" is written on a wooden cross paying tribute to Paul Gilbert and Donna Whyte — the Windsor couple who were fatally hit by a vehicle on Walker Road last week.
The words are a paraphrase of lyrics from the Metallica song Wherever I May Roam — one of Gilbert's favourite songs, according to his family.
"My dad, on my wedding day, blared the song," said Audrey Gatherall, Paul Gilbert's daughter, smiling at the memory.
"He blared it to the point where my husband's truck speakers were, like, going to blow. He said, 'That's my song.'"
Eddy Gilbert, Paul Gilbert's son, said the song suited his 63-year-old father and 68-year-old stepmother, as the couple was known to take walks all year round.
"They'd always be walking down the road together," Eddy said. "They loved going up and down the river. Just kind of keeping low key, you know. They walked everywhere."
The tribute cross has been put up at a memorial site where the deadly incident occurred, on Walker Road just south of Wyandotte Street East, near Niagara Street.
The couple were pedestrians there when they were struck and killed by a red SUV on the afternoon of Nov. 18.
As of Tuesday, details about how the collision happened have not been disclosed.
Windsor police, firefighters, and paramedics responded around 2 p.m. to the crash. The heavily-damaged SUV was found on its side in the middle of the roadway.
Neither Eddy nor Audrey live in Windsor, and both said much of what they know comes from news articles about the incident.
"There's a lot of speculation. I don't know," Eddy said.
Regarding the driver of the SUV, Eddy said he and Audrey both hope she is OK. "We just want — we need more answers."
Paul Gilbert was born in England, but his family emigrated to Canada when he was a child.
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