‘there’s Just No Words’: Oakville Community Honours 8-year-old Girl Killed By Driver

An 8-year-old girl, who was struck and killed by an SUV successful Oakville 1 week ago, has been identified arsenic Melody Xu.

“There’s conscionable nary words,” said Anna Lopez, a adjacent friend of nan Xu family.

Lopez says it’s difficult to judge her girl will not get nan chance to person different play day pinch Melody.

The girls person known each different since inferior kindergarten and went to St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School successful Oakville.

“It’s a immense shock. We conscionable saw her,” Lopez said done tears.

Melody and her mom were stepping down North Service Road, westbound of Lindsay Drive successful Oakville past Thursday astir 4 p.m. erstwhile they were deed by an SUV that veered disconnected nan road.

They were some rushed to hospital, but nan 8-year-old woman died of her injuries.

“Any family would think, ‘I request to springiness my kid a tighter hug tonight,'” Lopez said.

Lopez says she’s supporting Melody’s begetter nevertheless she tin arsenic nan mom remains successful infirmary recovering.

“He’s been really beardown because he has nary prime but to be. They person a young boy who he besides has to attraction for,” she said.

A 47-year-old Oakville man has been arrested and charged pinch vulnerable driving causing death.

A memorial for Melody astatine nan clang tract has grown complete nan past fewer days, pinch group leaving flowers, stuffed animals and a motion that says, “Please slow down.”

“She’s ever truthful bubbly, she was ever truthful positive, she’s ever truthful sweet, particularly to her younger brother,” Lopez said.

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“Such a bully kid. She loves hockey, she loves piano, she loves to beryllium outdoors.”

Melody played for nan U9 Oakville Hornets.

The squad shared its condolences connected Instagram, asking group successful nan organization to retrieve Melody by placing lucky sticks extracurricular their homes.

“Let’s capable our neighbourhoods pinch sticks for Melody — a awesome of nan joyousness she brought to nan crippled and to each who knew her,” nan station said.

Lopez says it’s been rubbing to spot truthful galore people, including complete strangers, honour Melody.

“You really can’t thief but consciousness your spirits lifted a small spot because nan support is truthful immense,” she said.

Lopez group up a GoFundMe page for nan family to thief pinch ceremonial expenses and nan mom’s aesculapian bills. It has already raised much than $200,000.

“Just thing short of being grateful,” Lopez said.

“We’re conscionable hoping we tin honour her and unrecorded up to her arsenic champion arsenic we can.”