A memorial service was held on Sunday night to honour four foreign workers who died in an alleged impaired driving collision near Innisfail.
The four workers from the Philippines were killed in a crash on Highway 2 Monday after their rented van was hit head on by a Range Rover that was going the wrong way on the Highway.
Friends and co-workers gathered at a southside funeral home to say goodbye.
Flowers and food were prepared and loaded onto a van outside the Coast Hotel where the workers were employed.
"They prepared some stuff food from the hotel but some of the friends and family too are bringing their own food," Rossel Macapagal told CTV News.
Macapagal said that he became close friends with the victims.
"They were good friends of ours, they're the, actually they're the best employee here. We were all happy to be with them," he said.
The service was organized by the Consul General to the Philippines.
"On behalf of the community, on behalf of the government of the Philippines I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to everyone who has shown compassion, caring and support," Consul General Esmeralda Agbulos said.
"Get together as a community to show that we're one in this particular tragic incident," she added.
Friends said it was not time to focus on getting the victims back to their home country.
"We've been accepting what happened, we already accept what happened," Macapagal said.
"Now we're all good we're just want to finish this all and bring the bodies to the Philippines for the family."
Donations to help the families of the workers can be made at any ATB Financial branch.
A fifth victim was also seriously injured in the collision.
Police have charged Tyler Stevens, 29, in the case.
With files from Amanda Anderson
