Five-year-old Camila Torcato fought dearly for her life after she was diagnosed with cancer at the age of two. Her mother and father watched as she bravely underwent numerous surgeries on her kidneys and lungs. She finally completed her chemotherapy and was able to begin school in September.Camila and her father were about to get in their car to go home Monday when an SUV with no driver rolled towards them, pinning the pair against their car at St. Raphael Catholic School, where she attended kindergarten.Distraught father Amilcar Torcato said he couldn’t remember how long the two of them remained stuck between the two vehicles before they were freed. At the hospital he was told that his daughter’s organs were failing and she was bleeding internally. She died at the hospital Monday evening.“She was a very special girl, she had problems before, she had cancer, but she was a fighter,” her father said Tuesday afternoon outside his North York home. “She was a very sweet girl, shy, but very sweet; my mind is filled with her memories.“I went to pick her up in school because the day before she asked me if I could,” he said, his voice quivering as he stood in the cold. “Usually her mom picks her up, but that day I did.” Camila’s 2-year-old brother, Ethan, unaware of the tragedy, smiled from the door as family and friends trailed into the family’s home to provide comfort to the grieving parents. “It would be a year now after finishing chemotherapy and this just happened yesterday,” Amilcar said. “There are so many memories of playing with her, and going with her to places she liked to go to like the beach, playing in the snow, outside, she liked being outside all the time.” Drivers need to be more cautious to avoid these tragedies, he said. “I want people to just be careful with parking the cars around schools. Make sure you stop the motor, and to not go out without stopping th ...
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