Mother of 2 from Mexico identified as victim of Vancouver crane tragedy [Video]

The victim of a fatal crane accident at Vancouver’s Oakridge Park construction site has been identified as a mother of two from Mexico.

After years of trying, Yuridia Flores finally became a permanent resident of Canada in 2023.

Her first job was working as a labourer at the massive project at Cambie Street and 41st Avenue. Tragically it would also be her last.

On Wednesday, a load broke free from one of the cranes at the site, falling hundreds of feet and fatally striking Flores.

Daniel Hernandez, her common-law husband of eight years, said he had left his job as a glazer at the same site early for an appointment when he got the call no partner ever wants.

“I got a phone call saying Yuridia was hurt or someone was hurt and I needed to go back,” he told Global News.

“I go there thinking that, like, I wanted it to be a joke. …