WTNH News Channel 8 / News / 1999

	Funeral held for mother, sons struck by train (Trumbull-WTNH) _ An emotional day in Trumbull Monday, as a woman and her children killed in a horrible train accident were laid to rest. Julia Toledo and her four sons died after being struck by a train in Fairfield early Tuesday morning. A wake was held for them Sunday night, and they were buried Monday. News Channel 8's Jocelyn Sigue reports. The funeral service for 47-year-old Julia Toledo and her four sons spoken entirely in Spanish. The family of immigrants from Ecuador was killed early last Tuesday morning when they were hit by a train in Fairfield. About 400 mourners gathered here today, mostly friends and family, some classmates of the boys. The support for this family has been immense in the past week. Yesterday, twice as many mourners, many strangers, gathered at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for a wake. Ken Openshaw, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: "The Community of Bridgeport, everything from D.A.R.E. to the political systems, the school, everybody has been wonderful to the family. They have recognized it. They have felt it. That has been a real strength to them." Carlos Urgiles, Julia Toledo's estranged husband and the children's father, was present today. The two sides of the family - separated by religious differences - sat together at today's Mormon funeral service, but at the grave side they stood apart. Urgiles, a catholic, wanted to bring his wife and four boys back to their native Ecuador for burial. Carlos Urgiles: "No tenia culpa...." Urgiles is still trying to figure out who is to blame for his family's death. Why Toledo and the four boys - Carlos, age 12; Jose, 10; Angel, six; and Pedro, three, were out walking at 2:00 am the night they were hit by an Amtrak train. The boys buried with messages scribbled on their caskets from their friends. The oldest, Carlos received a school award he was scheduled to get the day he died. It recognizes his hard work in a police run D.A.R.E. program that teaches kids to stay drug and violence free. Officer George Reyes: "One of the students sacrificed his shirt and gave it to him and all of the kids wrote their name on it and again it just shows that they love this kid and they're gonna miss him." Today's News Page. WTNH Home Page. ©1999 WTNH/WTNH-DT A LIN station.

Funeral held for mother, sons struck by train
(Trumbull-WTNH) _ An emotional day in Trumbull Monday, as a woman and her children killed in a horrible train accident were laid to rest. Julia Toledo and her four sons died after being struck by a train in Fairfield early Tuesday morning. A wake was held for them Sunday night, and they were buried Monday.
News Channel 8's Jocelyn Sigue reports.

Woman stands in front of pictures of victims. The funeral service for 47-year-old Julia Toledo and her four sons spoken entirely in Spanish. The family of immigrants from Ecuador was killed early last Tuesday morning when they were hit by a train in Fairfield.

About 400 mourners gathered here today, mostly friends and family, some classmates of the boys. The support for this family has been immense in the past week. Yesterday, twice as many mourners, many strangers, gathered at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for a wake.

Ken Openshaw, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: "The Community of Bridgeport, everything from D.A.R.E. to the political systems, the school, everybody has been wonderful to the family. They have recognized it. They have felt it. That has been a real strength to them."

Carlos Urgiles, Julia Toledo's estranged husband and the children's father, was present today. The two sides of the family - separated by religious differences - sat together at today's Mormon funeral service, but at the grave side they stood apart. Urgiles, a catholic, wanted to bring his wife and four boys back to their native Ecuador for burial.

Carlos Urgiles: "No tenia culpa...."

Urgiles is still trying to figure out who is to blame for his family's death. Why Toledo and the four boys - Carlos, age 12; Jose, 10; Angel, six; and Pedro, three, were out walking at 2:00 am the night they were hit by an Amtrak train.

The boys buried with messages scribbled on their caskets from their friends. The oldest, Carlos received a school award he was scheduled to get the day he died. It recognizes his hard work in a police run D.A.R.E. program that teaches kids to stay drug and violence free.

Officer George Reyes: "One of the students sacrificed his shirt and gave it to him and all of the kids wrote their name on it and again it just shows that they love this kid and they're gonna miss him."

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