Two more victims of Monday’s van rampage have been independently confirmed by the Star, as police and the coroner work toward identifying the 10 people killed.Betty Forsyth, a 94-year-old woman whose walker was found near her apartment on Yonge St., and Renuka Amarasinghe, a single mother who celebrated the Sri Lankan New Year one day earlier with her son, are the latest victims verified by the Star.Their stories join those of Anne Marie D’Amico, Dorothy Sewell, Munir Najjar, and Chul Min “Eddie” Kang — who were all killed when a white rental van rammed pedestrians along a stretch of Yonge St. between Finch and Sheppard Aves. Here’s what we know about the victims so far. Renuka Amarasinghe, 48On Sunday, Renuka Amarasinghe was ringing in the Sri Lankan New Year with her only son at a Buddhist temple.But the feeling of festivity would be short-lived. Amarasinghe was struck and killed one day later.“She (was) a very kind and generous lady. She devoted her time for the child,” said Ahangama Rathanasiri Thero, president and chief monk at the Toronto Mahavihara Buddhist Meditation Centre in Scarborough. “She made the effort to raise that child in a good manner.”Representatives from the temple met on Tuesday night to co-ordinate fundraising efforts for her son, and are planning her funeral, he said. They will be unable to repatriate her body back to Sri Lanka, where she has a mother, sister and brother, he said, adding he expects family members may come to visit instead.Right now, her son is staying with family friends at the home where Amarasinghe had rented the basement apartment.“Friends are very helpful to her because she’s good, she’s kind,” he said. “They are very concerned about the child.”The Lotus Youth Council at the temple is organizing a GoFundMe fundraiser for her 7-year-old son, Diyon. Messages to Diyon poured in from dozens of donors.“Diyon, my condolenc ...
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