sorry i havent updated in a while.. bit depressed and such.. but i hope everyone had a very merry little christmas and hopefully it was better than mine =) . on thursdayy, sadly one of my friends passed in a car accident on the way home from hockey.. 2nd one in what.. 2 years ? first kyle, now this. rip kyle.. ilysfm buddy <33 .. readdd belooww i got some parts of the newspaper articles in it if you're bored or interested...
his mom, little sister, and little cousin died too. the sister and cousin were both grade 5. so tomorrow im off to the visitations =( buuttt yaaah atleast theyre in a better place now =)<33 comments, much ?
CElEBRiTY_iC0NSx3. go to it. right now. doooo ittt! haha yeaah shes awesomee and really sweet.. thanks for the comment.. made me smile =) ily*
  
  
  
  
woww sorry guys but i can't take this.. i'll update later.. too upset. much love girls <3
francesco, azzy (sister, left) and emily (cousin) <33
when they were younger
rip cesco . 11 *
You spend a lot of time on the road when you're a hockey parent.
It's often in bad weather, late at night or early in the morning, maybe after a long day at work. The holiday season is especially busy for tournaments.
It's tiring, time-consuming and expensive. And it can be risky, especially for parents who drive their kids out of the city for games.
That was brought home late Thursday night when Vivian Porto, 42, her son Francesco, 13, daughter Azzadine, 10, and niece Emily Porto, 10, were killed as they returned from a hockey game in Guelph.
The family's van struck snow drifting on Hwy. 6 just north of Parkside Drive, lost control, and was struck by an oncoming SUV.
"Within the hockey community, this is a tragedy," said Yosh Kitamura, president of the Hamilton Reps hockey league in which Francesco played AAA hockey with the Junior Bulldogs.
"As the guy who makes the schedule and puts people on the road, it keeps you up at night."
Kitamura said AAA teams play as far away as Huron-Perth, Windsor and Sarnia.
Thursday's tragedy isn't the first to strike in this area.
Two years ago, 12-year-old Kyle Ouellette was killed on Highway 52 returning from a game in Kitchener. His father was seriously injured.
On Saturday, shocked parents talked about the Porto accident within metres of a memorial to Kyle.
woww i never want to ever see a sight
like that again.. rip francesco ='(
A mother, her only daughter, her youngest son and a niece died in a tragic crash late last night.
Mother Vivian Porto, 43, was returning from a hockey game in Guelph where her son Francesco Porto, 13, had been playing.
According to the OPP, drifting snow caused Ms Porto to lose control and she went into the northbound lane and was broadsided by an SUV carrying four people from Cambridge, Ont.
Burlington OPP said 10-year-old Azzidene Porto, her brother Francesco and their 10-year-old cousin Emily Porto died at the scene on Highway 6, near Parkside Drive.
Ms Porto was rushed to hospital where she also died of her injuries.
All four were from Hamilton.
Francesco and his sister Azzidene were students at Hillfield Strathallan College. Emily was a student at James MacDonald Public School.
Burlington OPP said their van and a SUV collided in the northbound lanes of Highway 6 shortly after 10:45 p.m. yesterday.
The driver of the SUV was a 40-year-old Cambridge man. Also in the SUV was a 38-year-old Cambridge woman, and the driver's 17-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter, both from Perth, ON. All four were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. No names have been released
'This is the worst nightmare'
The Hamilton Spectator
(Dec 24, 2005)
A hockey mom. A little girl with a dimple at the side of her mouth. A teen hockey star. A popular girl who loved sports. An extended Italian family.
Hamiltonians.
Several prominent, longtime city families are reeling today after a crash on Highway 6, killed four of their loved ones Thursday night.
Hockey was at the heart of the Porto family, so it's no coincidence they were on their way home from a game in Guelph when tragedy struck along a deadly stretch of Highway 6.
The dangerous road has now caught the attention of the regional coroner who will examine police data and decide if an inquiry is needed.
Vivian Porto, the 43-year-old mother of four who was driving her family's minivan, died in hospital. Her only daughter Azzadine, 10, and her youngest son Francesco, 13 -- whose hockey game they'd been at -- died at the scene, as did her 10-year-old niece Emily Porto who had joined them to cheer.
Vivian Porto leaves behind her husband, Sam Porto, and two older sons -- the boys Francesco looked up to -- Amadeo and Riccardo.
The deaths sent shock waves through Hamilton communities, reflecting the deep roots the families have in the city: Hamilton's prestigious Hillfield Strathallan College which two of the kids attended; the west Mountain's James MacDonald public school, the elite Hamilton Junior Bulldogs hockey system and the close knit Ottawa Street business district. Across these communities there is already talk of memorials.
Yesterday afternoon, Emily Porto's home was surrounded by cars, as friends and family filed through the Mountain-area home less than a kilometre from the second Porto home. Emily's parents, Laurie and Rocco Porto, were still in shock.
With nearly a dozen riding toys hanging in the garage above their heads, Emily's parents could barely speak. Tears ran down the cheeks of Emily's aunt, Lisa Ulrich, as she showed photographs of the children.
Gabriel, Emily's three-year-old brother, didn't know yesterday afternoon that his big sister was dead. No one knew how to tell him.
"She was the first person he looked for each morning," Ulrich said. "Emily wasn't supposed to go."
Laurie and Emily had stopped in at one of Vivian Porto's businesses on Ottawa Street to pick up some linens for the big family Christmas party. Emily heard her two cousins talking about the hockey game.
"She begged to go with them," Ulrich said. "The cousins are very, very close. She wanted to go, to be with Azzadine."
welll shes with Azzy in heaven now ='(
The joy of victory turned to instant agony for a group of teenage hockey players who came upon the crash that killed a teammate and members of his family moments after it happened.
Members of the Triple A Junior Bulldogs -- the best 13 year olds in the area -- were returning from Guelph at about 10:45 p.m., Thursday. They had just won 4-2 and had every reason to feel good about the Christmas season. Then they saw the mangled vehicles at Highway 6 near Parkside Drive.
"It's a horror story. It's the worst thing you could imagine," recalled John Creen, who was driving back with his son Jay.
He was part of a caravan of about a half-dozen hockey parents when he arrived at the crash scene moments after another hockey dad, Jim Koudys, of Smithville. An assistant coach with the Junior Bulldogs, Koudys was returning home with his wife and son Pat, 13, who had played in the game.
A professional fireman, Koudys instinctively stopped to help although he had no idea who he would find inside the wreckage which made the vehicles almost unrecognizable.
Creen said they didn't recognize the van as part of their postgame caravan until Koudys looked inside.
The veteran firefighter recoiled in horror when he saw Francesco Porto, 13, a member of the team; his mother Vivian, 43, his sister, Azzadine, 10, and her cousin Emily, 10.
"I've never seen him as shocked ... and he's trained for that kind of thing," recalls Creen of Koudys.
About a half-dozen of Francesco's teammates, including Creen's son, Jay, saw the accident scene and learned their friend had been killed.
Instead of going home, the players gathered at Creen's Waterdown home. They were obviously traumatized and Creen realized they would need professional help with their grief.
Yesterday afternoon, all the team members and their families returned to Creen's home for a session with a professional counsellor from Hamilton police victims services.
The counsellor encouraged the teenagers to talk about their friend and try to remember the good times they shared on and off the ice.
"He played defence.
He was a good skater,
team player and read
the game well"
what a life to take,
what a bond to break </3
it's something unpredictable,
but in the end is right.
i'm finding it hard to believe,
you're in heavenn ..
the people you've touched,
the way you've touched them,
i hope they've touched you too..
maybe one day ill visit you in heaven, okay ?
francesco porto. 1992 - 2005.
gone but never forgotten.
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