Family mourns Ontario woman who died defenceless in 9-vehicle crash [Video]

Christine Potes was out running errands for her nephew’s 10th birthday party on Aug. 10 around noon when she was killed in a horrific chain-reaction crash in Oshawa, Ont.

“The last communication I have in my phone with her was like, ‘Is this fruit tray OK?’ She was picking things up for the party,” recalled her younger sister Katrina Potes.

“I just remember shortly after texting her, getting a call from Matty, a missed call from him, and I gave him a call back, and I just could hear that something was so wrong,” she said.

Potes’ longtime partner Matty Biljentina was asleep when police came knocking on the door of the couple’s Oshawa home.

“They told me what happened and I just kind of lost it … I said, what hospital? And they said, she’s not at the hospital. She died on impact,” he said.

According to Durham Regional Police, reports indicated a …