Grieving family seeks Good Samaritan who rescued toddler after Highway 400 crash

The Vokshi family says Aron, 2, was rescued from his carseat by an unknown person after Friday’s horrific pile-up, which killed three other family members.
The Vokshi family, who lost three members Friday in a massive highway crash, might have lost another were it not for a Good Samaritan, the family’s lawyers said Wednesday.
Isabela Kuci, 5, her mother, Valbona Vokshi, 35, and grandmother Xhemile, 55, died in the 11-vehicle pile-up on Highway 400, south of Finch Ave., on their way back from Canada’s Wonderland.
A fourth person not related to them, identified by her friends as 27-year-old Maria Lipska, was also killed, days before her college graduation.
Valbona’s sister Blerta, who was injured in the crash, was expected to appear in a press conference at the law firm Diamond & Diamond, but was unwell, her lawyers said.
Blerta’s 2-year-old son, Aron, was stuck in a car seat and saved by an unknown Good Samaritan, said lawyer Sandra Zisckind.
“If anyone knows who this person is, the family would like to thank her personally because it is likely she saved Aron’s life,” she said.
Aron suffered a few knocks but was “relatively unscathed,” Zisckind added.
A family friend, Katerina Seitaj, later told the Star there were, in fact, two people who helped the family after the crash, and that a young man pulled Aron out of the car.
Aron’s father, Albert Sufa, and Xhemile’s husband, Ramiz Vokshi, attended the news conference but didn’t speak. Ramiz wiped away tears as a statement from his daughter, Blerta, was read by lawyer Jeremy Diamond.
They would have celebrated Valbona’s 36th birthday Wednesday, Seitaj said.
“They’re there crying their eyes out, and the sister and the dad are crying their eyes out here, and they can’t comfort each other,” she told the Canadian Press.
The family’s lawyers said the Vokshis will wait until the Ontario Provincial Police investigation is complete before exploring legal options.
“My mother was my biggest role model,” Blerta said in the statement. “She loved this country more than anyone I know.” She added that Xhemile had been applying for Canadian citizenship.
Her sister Valbona was a “caring and loving person” who sent money to loved ones in Albania.
Her niece Isabela was “a beautiful person inside and out, who brought light to everyone’s lives.”
The cause of the crash remains unclear, but OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said evidence suggests it was preventable.
“The investigation is pointing in the direction that it was driver error,” he told the Star earlier this week. “That one driver didn’t slow down for slowing or queuing traffic,” he continued, referring to the driver of one of three transport trucks involved in the collision.
As of Wednesday afternoon, a GoFundMe.com crowd-funding campaign set up by a family friend had raised more than $13,000 for the family.