\u0022A phone is like a wallet today. Pictures, contacts — it remembers what we can\u0027t,\u0022 said Bill Gerber, who returned a cellphone found at the scene of a fatal…
In the aftermath of Saturday’s bus crash on the Coquihalla’s Okanagan Connector, Gerber and other passing motorists helped in whatever way they could.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
As Gerber and his family continued their slow, careful drive from Abbotsford to Kelowna that night, the phone in his pocket began to ring. It was a young man, asking after his girlfriend. The phone calls continued to come through the night as Gerber and his family settled in at his mother’s house in Kelowna. One at 11:30 p.m. and others at 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
“A phone is like a wallet today. Pictures, contacts — it remembers what we can’t,” said Gerber. “If I lost mine, I’d want it back.”“We were honoured to able to do that,” he said. “They wanted to know the story, to understand, so that it wasn’t just a blank.”Police have not named the deceased, pending notification of next of kin. On Tuesday, a cousin of one passenger confirmed the death of Karanjot Singh Sodhi.
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