Shattered, this is how Rafael Corral, wife of Hispanic mother Heather García, aged 29, who died after falling from a party bus last 29 in January where she was celebrating her next birthday.
The authorities of Los Angeles, California, revealed that the woman was dancing, suddenly she he tripped and hit one of the doors of the bus and it opened; García fell on the highway 101 in the center of the city and was hit by a vehicle.
After the fatal accident, the victim’s family wants to understand how a birthday celebration ended in tragedy and they have demanded an investigation.
“It’s a nightmare, it doesn’t happen, it shouldn’t happen…” Rafael Corral told Eyerwitness News, adding: “… When you pay for a service you get there, someone takes you safely and (you know) that you are going to get home safe and sound, because that is what you paid for”.
Now Corral faces the moment harder, say goodbye to the woman of his life and learn to be a mother and father of his five children of 10 years, eight, six, five and one.
The widower has opened a page on GoFundMe where he has asked for help to pay for his wife’s funeral expenses: “I am an Army veteran who served my country with great pride and today I ask my community for help.” . The love of my life did not get to see his birthday number 30. She was celebrating her birthday with some friends and relatives, she had turned 30 on 31 January; what I thought would be a fun night turned into a tragic ending for us”.
In the same publication Corral defined his wife as the soul of a party, a woman with a big heart and an excellent mother, besides being his best friend and the person he could count on at any time.
“Our children will never see their mother again and I don’t know how I’m going to continue, but I know that he will always be with us”, wrote Corral who has asked society to support him financially in this difficult time, not only for him, but for his children and close relatives. So far $ 76,139.
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