It’s been almost seven weeks since Shane Weigensberg died, but his mother remembers that night like it was yesterday.
“She said ‘No, you have to wait for a doctor. My husband said, ‘You tell me now, I need to see him now, and she said, ‘I’m sorry, he passed,'” said Weigensberg. “At 4 o’clock, you’re sleeping and at 4:15 they tell you — it’s really unbelievable — really, right then, you feel like you’re in a dream — you don’t feel like it’s real, at all.”
On May 18, 26-year-old Shane Weigensberg was riding his motorcycle when he ran a red light and crashed into a van.
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The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but police told the family that Shane was speeding.
His mother also believes he may have had a few drinks.
“He did what he did. He did some really stupid things. He drove really really fast and he was totally unsafe and he never ever would have thought that that would happen to him,” said Weigensberg.
A few weeks ago, Weigensberg decided to share photos of her son’s damaged motorcycle and blood-stained helmet on social media.
She hopes the images will help save lives.
“I needed to send a message to mostly the kids who think, like Shane, who say this would never happen to them. ‘Oh it’s not gonna happen to me, Ma,’ but it can,” she said.
Watching videos and looking at photos is now the only way the West Island mother can see her son’s face.
He left behind his parents, brother, sister, nephew and many more friends and family members.
Weigensberg says by speaking out, she hopes it will put a face to her son’s story.
“He would definitely want this,” she said crying. “He would want to make sure that other families wouldn’t have to go through this — because that’s what it is.
“I will love him always and forever.”