1 month later, a Lapu-Lapu Day witness and victim reflect on their experiences [Video]

Rosadene Alcala Apeles was thinking of packing their jewelry booth at the end of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival just over a month ago when they spotted an SUV driving very quickly towards them. 

Apeles says their table was located close to the unprotected barrier that closed off 43rd Avenue for food trucks and vendors at the festival. 

“I saw that black SUV — it was coming in pretty hot, and I felt like, this is a school zone. Why is it going so fast?”  they told CBC’s On the Coast host Gloria Macarenko. 

“And then the car just didn’t stop.”

Apeles heard tires screeching. And then the car raced out of view. 

They soon realized they had just witnessed the first injury and the first casualty that took place that evening.

‘I am a different person than I was’

It’s been just over a month since the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy occurred on April 26. Eleven people were killed, and dozens more were …