Distraught Theresa Pedro made a heart-wrenching phone call to her daughter at boarding school to break the news that her beloved dad had died in a road crash.The emotional long-distance phone call saw mother and 18-year-old daughter, Laurie, weeping uncontrollably as they tried to comfort one another.Father-of-one Timothy ‘Timmy’ Pedro, 49, was killed when he lost control of his bike and crashed into a tree on Middle Road in Devonshire.A nurse at Purnell School, in New Jersey, held Laurie in her arms as Mrs Pedro explained over the phone how her father had lost his life.The accident happened just before 6pm on Thursday near the junction of Parsons Lane. Mr Pedro was right outside his workplace, Island Construction, and just round the corner from his home.Mrs Pedro of Sousa Estate Road, Devonshire, said: “It was a horrible phone call to have to make; really, really horrible. We were both crying so much.“But my daughter is such a strong girl. She was more worried about me, she wanted to know if I was alright.”Laurie was expected to fly back to Bermuda yesterday afternoon and Mrs Pedro said she couldn’t wait to hug her daughter.Laurie was said to have been “very, very close” to her dad. She last saw her parents when they attended her parents’ evening last month. While in New Jersey together the family also got to enjoy a St Patrick’s Day parade.Mrs Pedro, 46, said “everything has been a blur” since her husband’s accident as she hadn’t been able to sleep.She said: “It’s all been a huge shock, I loved him dearly.“I feel dead, I feel empty, I just don’t know what to feel.”Mrs Pedro last saw her husband as he was leaving for work at about 7am on Thursday. As Mr Pedro did every morning, he kissed his wife and told her he loved her and she replied “love you too.”Mrs Pedro spoke to her husband about an hour later as she excitedly told him that she’d seen their daughter on TV. Laurie and her teachers at Purnell School had been filmed as part of an educational documentary for the Discovery Channel.The first Mrs Pedro heard about the accident was when Island Construction boss Stephen Moniz called to warn her of the traffic delays in the Devonshire area. He said they’d been “a really bad accident” on Middle Road.Mr Moniz was helping to divert traffic away from the scene without any idea his childhood friend and employee was involved.Mrs Pedro was driving home from St. George’s and she said it “didn’t even cross my mind” that Mr Pedro was anywhere but at home after finishing work at 5pm.She called out her husband’s name when she got home, but there was no answer. She then noticed his helmet and jacket were missing.It was at that point Mrs Pedro got a phone call from a police officer telling her to get to the hospital “as it’s a matter of life or death.”Mrs Pedro and her mom Jackie Pratt drove along Middle Road on their way to the hospital, but police officers diverted them away from the accident scene so they didn’t see Mr Pedro’s badly-damaged bike laying in the road.As soon as Mrs Pedro arrived at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital she was taken to the family room and given the bad news. She then immediately called her daughter.Mr Pedro died of major head injuries despite an off duty paramedic’s best efforts to resuscitate him at the scene.It is not known where Mr Pedro had been when the accident occurred, but it is thought he could have been heading home after popping to the ATM to get some cash.That night he never made it to his “daily 6.30pm relaxation ritual” of a triple expresso coffee at Miles Market with Mr Moniz and other friends.Mrs Pedro, who runs the locksmith company Bermuda Security Services, said: “He was a very jovial, out-going kind of man.“He was a great man, he worked very hard to provide for his family. He was always very family-orientated and was a very good daddy.“He would like to play jokes on people and have a good laugh. Lots of people will know him as a jokester as he was always doing silly things.”Mr Pedro’s father John Pedro died in November last year, so Mrs Pedro said it had been “a very tough few months for the whole family.”Mr Pedro grew up in Somerset with his two brothers and one sister. He was childhood friends with Island Construction bosses Zane DeSilva, who is the Minister of Health, and Mr Moniz.He attended Somerset Primary School then Northlands Secondary School before leaving school early to “get stuck into work”.At the age of just 14 he went off to get his first job at The Phoenix Store without even telling his family.Mr Pedro became a printer by trade working for Engravers Limited, then worked at the Government quarry for about nine years. He had been working as a dispatcher for the container line at Island Construction for the last few years.Mrs Pedro described her husband as a workaholic who would “put in the hours for the love of his family.”Mr and Mrs Pedro, who had been married for 20 years, met through friends during a night-out at Sandys Boat Club. They had “liked each other but had been kind of shy” until a romantic boat cruise that night got them together.Mr Pedro was a keen fisherman who loved nothing better than being out on the water in his 20ft boat called ‘Come To Papa.’ He would often return to shore “with tuna and wahoo filling the whole boat up.”Mrs Pedro said they’d enjoy quality family time on the boat even though it “wasn’t her thing.” She recalls getting so sea-sick on one boat-trip that she had to lay flat among the tuna to try to ease her stomach.Mr Pedro also liked playing cards, going on family picnics and would particularly look forward to flying kites on the South Shore every Easter.Mr Pedro looked forward to going on yearly trips “with the boys” including some of his colleagues from Island Construction. In recent years they had been to Florida, Costa Rica and on a cruise to Mexico.Framed photos of Mr Pedro on these boys’ trips are proudly displayed in the family’s living room next to photos of his family.Mrs Pedro said even though he would be “partying with the boys” he never forgot his family.She said: “He was very compassionate, he was always thinking of us. He took good care of us and always made sure his daughter and wife were good.“It didn’t matter that he was away with the boys, he’d always come back with a suitcase full of things for us.“We were his family and we always came first.”Traffic police investigators are still trying to piece together how the accident happened. Police officers and firefighters attended the scene and a section of Middle Road remained closed for about two hours.Mr Pedro was the second fatality on Bermuda’s roads in 2011. Avid sailor Vershon Simmons, 18, died on March 5 after an accident on Harbour Road in Paget.lAny witnesses to Thursday’s accident should call Bermuda Police on 295-0011.