'This was a freak accident': Bulldog Demolition ordered to improve safety after parking lot death

Friends and family of apedestrianwho was run over by a dump truck gathered Friday afternoon in the spot where she died, once again calling for answers.

They placed flowers at a memorial for Tamara Orellana, the 57-year-old who was walking through a parking lot outsidethe Garden City Shopping Centre on April 1 when she was run over by a construction truck.

The company working at the site,Bulldog Demolition and Excavation Inc., has complied with animprovement order related to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, according to Workplace Safety and Health.

"Immediately after the incident the employer implemented additional safety measures addressing both vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the work site," a spokesperson for the province wrote in an email to CBC News.

The improvementorder requires the company to formalize its safety procedures in writing and ensure they'reimplemented,the spokesperson wrote.

The truck that was involved in the incident was also subject to a stop work order, which the company complied with, the province said.

'This is a fatal freak accident': company

CBC News reached out to Bulldog Demolition and Excavation Inc., but owner Eric Fleurydeclined an interview.

About a dozen construction workers attended the vigil, some in Bulldog Demolition clothing, and placed flowers at the memorial.

In a text message to CBC News, Fleurysaid his employees are also affected by what happened.

"We were here at Garden City in support of our people involved and affected by this tragic accident," he wrote. "This is a fatal freak accident in a parking lot," he wrote.

"The investigation will hopefully fill in the blanks but only God will know the whole truth."

Fleury said when he found out that a vigil was planned, hearranged a healing ceremony and asked for the site of the accident to be smudged.

The province confirmedthe company has nopreviousprosecutionsunder the Workplace Safety and Health Act.

The family members CBC News spoke to said they had never been contacted by the company or received an apology.

Manycarried signsquestioning the safety of the site and calling for "Answers for Tamara," gathering in a circle next to the construction site.

At one point, they attempted to hang the posters on the fence of the construction site, but were told by Fleury they had to be taken down.

During the vigil, a person in an orangesafety vest held a stop sign to keep traffic away from the group.

Mallexpects contractors to 'meet or exceed' safety

The former Sears location is being renovated and will be home to a Filipino grocery store set to openthis summer, according to a press release from the Garden City mall's parent company, RioCan.

RioCandeclined an interview with CBC about the incident, but in an email, vice-president of marketing and communications Terri Andrianopoulossaid the company is "deeply saddened."

"RioCanworks hard to provide a safe environment for our employees, tenants and visitors, and all contractors and their employees are expected to meet or exceed safely [sic] laws and regulations."

"We are doing everything possible to assist the Winnipeg Police Service with their ongoing investigation,"Andrianopoulos wrote.

Winnipeg police said no updated information about the investigation is available.