Burnaby Now August 4 2022

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IN REMEMBRANCE: Family members of two young men killed in a car crash on 10th Avenue by Sixth Street last Tuesday grieve at a vigil near the intersection Monday. Samir Ali, 18, and Yabsrat Ytatek, 17, died in hospital after their vehicle and a car allegedly fleeing a police stop collided. Hundreds of people from the Lower Mainland Ethiopian community gathered for the vigil to support the families. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

‘We are all saddened; we are all heartbroken’

Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

The Lower Mainland Ethiopian community rallied in Burnaby this week to support the families of two teens killed after their

car collided with another vehicle reportedly fleeing from police. On Monday, hundreds of people gathered on 10th Avenue near Sixth Street where the smashedToyota Yaris occupied byVancouv-

er’s Samir Olyad Suleiman Ali, 18, and Burnaby’s Yabsrat HabtamuYtatek, 17, had come to rest after the deadly collision at about 11 p.m. on July 26. The pair were coming home from a soccer prac-

tice in NewWestminster. “We all are saddened; we all are heartbroken,” Jemal Kurtu, a close friend of the Ali family, said to the crowd. Both youths were firstborn sons of large families,

and Kurtu described them as leaders in the Ethiopian community to which they both belonged. Ytatek came to Canada with his family as a refugee via Somalia eight years ago. He was preparing to en-

ter Grade 12 at Byrne Creek Community School in the fall. A talented athlete, he had had his heart set on earning a soccer scholarship and eventually playing Continued on page 3


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