'Our hearts are broken': Oakville man, 20, pronounced dead in QEW crash being remembered as generous, hard-working and funny
By all people that knew him, whether it was his immediate family, friends, classmates or supervisors, Noah Ferrusi was a special human being.
"Those closest to him would say that he loved to make other people happy and would go out of his way to achieve that," according to an online obituary posted for the young man. "He made his family so proud every day just for being him."
The 20-year-old Oakville man was killed in a crash with a transport truck on the QEW in Stoney Creek last Friday (Oct. 29) and, days later, family members and friends continue to mourn the loss of the young man.
"Our hearts are broken, and we are absolutely devastated at the sudden passing of our beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, uncle and friend," the family tribute reads.
The crash occurred in the Fort Erie bound lanes of the QEW at Fruitland Road in Stoney Creek on Friday morning (Oct. 29) around 6:15 a.m.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said traffic on the QEW was slowed at the time of the crash due to construction or maintenance.
The transport truck involved was slowing or stopped" when it was rear ended by a car, Schmidt said.
The car then flipped onto its roof. Ferrusi, the driver, was pronounced dead on scene, police said.
Ferrusi, a graduate of St. Ignatius of Loyola High School, was a "hard-working" young man who got his first job at McDonalds when he was 15 and began a full-time electrical apprenticeship soon after graduating high school while continuing to work as a swing manager at McDonalds, according to his family.
"Noah was the most special human being, and we struggle with what our world will look like without him in it. He was kind, he was compassionate, he was tenacious, he was funny and goofy, and he was generous," family members said in the tribute.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks mourners to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charity.
Visitation for the young man will be held Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 10-11) with a memorial service Friday (Nov. 12).