Pedestrian killed in Winnipeg was a mom who loved her kids ‘with everything in her heart’: family

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Peggy

The pedestrian killed in a collision this week was a 32-year-old mother who will be remembered for her love for her kids and making those around her laugh, her family says.

A vigil will be held Tuesday night for Loretta Morrine Green, 32, who family members confirm was the person hit by a vehicle at Notre Dame Avenue and McPhillips Street in Winnipeg shortly after midnight on Monday.

She was taken to hospital in unstable condition, where she later died.

“We’re gonna miss her so much,” Diane Thomas, Green’s mother, told CBC News via Facebook.

“My daughter was always happy when she was with us,” and loved her children “with everything in her heart,” Green said. “She loved to joke around with her siblings and always made us laugh.”

A woman stares at the camera. — Green is being remembered by her mother, Diane Thomas, as a person who was ‘always happy’ and ‘loved to joke around with her siblings and always made us laugh.’ (Submitted by Diane Thomas)

A candlelight vigil will be held near the scene of the collision at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to honour Green’s memory and remember a “remarkable life taken too soon,” a Facebook post said.

Police previously said the driver of the vehicle involved in the collision stayed at the scene and spoke to officers.

The investigation into the collision is ongoing and no charges had been laid as of Monday, police said.