Lina Agulay had just picked up her husband, Leonilo, and was driving on Low Level Road when their car was hit head\u002Don by an impaired driver
Marcelina Perdido Agulay had just picked up her husband, Leonilo, from work and was driving west on Low Level Road in North Vancouver late on March 2, 2021, when their car was hit head-on by an impaired driver after his car crossed the centre line near the Neptune-Cargill overpass.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.
Marcelina died and Leonilo was left in critical condition. Agulay left behind a son and two grandchildren and extended family mourning their “Auntie Lina.” On Friday, Andre Matthew Lukat pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing harm and was sentenced to three years, four months in prison. He was also handed a seven-year driving ban.Article content
Marcelina Perdido Agulay was killed in a head-on collision in North Vancouver on March 2, 2021. Her husband Leonilo was left in critical condition.Agulay was a member of Migrante B.C., a community group that works to protect the rights of Filipino immigrants and migrant workers. She was known for “her smiles, good sense of humour, a big and generous heart,” according to a statement from the organization.
North Vancouver MLA Bowinn Ma remembered Agulay at the time as a “kind, principled, fearless organizer for the marginalized working class.”Marcelina Perdido Agulay was killed in a head-on crash on Low Level Road in North Vancouver on March 2, 2021.
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