After the tragic death of her husband, a woman denounces the conduct with weakened faculties

Mica ORCULLO-SUPENA, widow of Winston Supena, killed at 30 years in a collision involving a driver in drunk on Highway 9, speaks to honor his memory and to raise public awareness of the dangers of drinking.

Since the drama, Mica, 28, organizes each evening prayer vigil at home, following a Philippine tradition, to appease the soul of her husband, disappeared too early in a motorcycle accident north of Winnipeg last Saturday.

The nine days of prayer aim to accompany the soul of a loved one after his death, she explains.

Mourning full of faith and anger

The accident occurred around 4 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 9 and the Mitchell Bay, in the rural municipality of St. Andrews, said the agents of the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie (RCMP).

Winston Supena’s motorcycle collided with a three-ton truck while it was trying to turn west on the Mitchell bay.

The police revealed to him that the driver of the truck, a 67 -year -old man, admitted to having decreased his vehicle in front of Supena’s motorcycle by starting his turn, before the motorcycle struck the truck.

Mr. Supena was declared dead at the scene of the accident, according to the GRC.

A last family meal

A few hours before the fatal accident, Mica says he took a brunch with her husband and their four-year-old daughter in Winnipeg, after he finished a quarter of morning as a caregiver for the regional health office in Winnipeg.

Supena left the restaurant earlier to find her motorcycle friends while their daughter finished eating, she said. And this is the last time we have seen it.

My life collapsed

The police said on Monday that the driver’s driver’s license of the truck had been suspended under the road to road traffic. She believes that alcohol has been a factor in this collision, although no accusation has yet been made. There GRC says the investigation is still underway.

We are devastated. We have lost the one we love… for what? A bottle of alcohol? This decision has changed not only his life, but that of all of us.

Mica, who works as a massage therapist, says that she was in the session with a family member when she received a message asking her to call one of her husband’s motorcycle friends.

The latter then announced to him that Supena had an accident and that the paramedics were trying to revive him.

I believe at that time, my life collapsed she said.

Stuck in traffic as she was trying to reach the premises of the accident from the south of Winnipeg, she recalled her husband’s friend to ask her to check if a helicopter came to transport him to the hospital.

A few seconds later, I felt something in his voice, and his friend said … “They put a white sheet on Winston”.

I’m not stupid. I know what a white sheet means.

She ultimately did not go there. She went to her parents instead.

I collapsed. I think I cried the rest of the day. And I still cry every day, because he will not go home. My children no longer have their father.

Use Winston’s story as a lesson

The couple had married less than two years ago, after spending ten years together, remembers Mica. She describes her husband as a big heart motorcycle enthusiast, always ready to help others.

That’s why he was a caregiver. Helping people was his passion.

Their seven -year -old son and four -year -old daughter know that their father has had a motorcycle accident, but they are still too young to understand that he will never come home.

Mica wants her husband’s death to be a reminder of motorists: they must be vigilant towards two -wheeled vehicles.

It indicates that a vigil will take place this Saturday at the scene of the accident, a day which coincides with the month of awareness of motorcycle security.

She hopes that this event, just like prayers, will help bring the heritage of Supena to life, which she describes as full of kindness, warmth and love for the motorcycle.

Winston’s story is used as a lesson. But he wanted to make a difference. And that’s how I’m going to help him do it, so that his memory continues to live.

If people were more aware, maybe it would never have happened in Winston.

With information from Felisha Adam