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The last time George Weatherwalk saw his fiancé Jodie Guthrie, she had surprised him by setting up a playpen and organizing supplies for their baby, who was due to be born in two weeks.But by the end of Wednesday night, Weatherwalk was sitting with Guthrie in the hospital. She’d been killed by a driver who jumped the curb of a North Side parking lot.“This wasn’t supposed to be this way,” Weatherwalk said Thursday. "He wasn’t supposed to be born like this. We were supposed to be happy.”VIDEO: Watch Bob Hazen's reportWeatherwalk said Guthrie was likely squatting outside the Rite Aid to relieve the pressure she often felt during her pregnancy when she was struck by a van, which police said was driven by 88-year-old Allen Massie. Police have said it appears to be an accident, and Massie is not facing charges at this time.The baby was delivered by emergency Caesarean section.Weatherwalk said he named the baby Trace Joseph. The infant is in critical condition at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. His heart and other vital signs appear strong, but he is not breathing on his own and doctors are keeping his body temperature low to prevent any brain damage that may have been suffered in the crash.“Whenever she got struck by the car, the lack of oxygen that she lost, he also lost. So they’re saying they don’t know whether anything is wrong with his brain,” Weatherwalk said.PHOTOS: Images from the crash sceneWeatherwalk was at the home he shared with Guthrie when he found out she’d been hurt in a phone call from the hospital. He rushed to catch a bus to be by her side.“I walked in. They said ‘Do you want the good news or the bad news?’ And I already knew something was wrong. And when they said, 'Your son’s all right,' I knew she was gone," he said.Weatherwalk is heartbroken and said he still hasn’t fully accepted the tragedy. He’s also dismayed that Massie was behind the wheel, and wishes that family members or a doctor had stopped him from driving. Family members had said Massie had been showing signs of dementia.“I don’t understand. That doesn’t make sense to me,” Weatherwalk said. “I mean, she’d still be here right now.”Weatherwalk doesn’t know yet how he will be able to raise his son without Guthrie. But he’s planning to make sure Trace Joseph knows how much his mother wanted to be there for him.“We were supposed to do it normal. But I’m going to take care of him.”Weatherwalk said his brother has started a fundraiser at gofundme.com/hx4ddk to help offset the cost of medical expenses and items he will need for Trace when the baby comes home from the hospital.