



And though she eventually beat cancer, it was a freak accident outside her school that ultimately cut short Camila's life. Camila’s father, Amilcar Torcato, told The Star he was picking up his daughter from school when an empty SUV raced toward them, pinning the pair against their vehicle.


“She was a very special girl, she had problems before, she had cancer, but she was a fighter,” Amilcar Torcato told The Toronto Star. “She was a very sweet girl, shy, but very sweet; my mind is filled with her memories."


“I went to pick her up in school because the day before she asked me if I could,” he said. “Usually her mom picks her up, but that day I did.”


“It would be a year now after finishing chemotherapy and this just happened yesterday,” the father said. “There are so many memories of playing with her, and going with her to places she liked to go to like the beach, playing in the snow, outside, she liked being outside all the time.” 
