Lucian Gregg
Lucian Gregg
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Age: 18
Location:
Jessie Street and East Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz , CA
United States
SF State student Lucian Gregg was killed in a collision with a Fed Ex truck in Santa Cruz over his winter break. Gregg, a stagehand and theater major, was a freshman who had just spent his first semester in San Francisco. The Santa Cruz native was staying with his parents in Live Oak at the time of his death.
Gregg was traveling at approximately 25 mph when we crashed, police said. He was the second cyclist to die in a crash in Santa Cruz this past year, according to press accounts. The driver of the Fed Ex truck that killed Gregg left the scene of the crash, causing police to have to investigate over 2500 delivery records and 60 drivers to try to identify who it was. It has been alleged that the driver right-hooked Gregg, similar to how John Myslin was killed in Santa Cruz a few months earlier.
A memorial ride for Lucian on January 12, 2008 brought out over 50 community residents to honor his memory. Lucian's friends, family members and former teachers, as well as members of the cycling community who never met the 18-year-old, participated in the Saturday afternoon memorial ride. The pack of bicycles sometimes stretched for the length of a block as they made a leisurely loop through downtown to the site of the fatal crash.
“He was just really adventurous, loved the outdoors, loved riding his bike,” said Jennifer Williams, an 18-year-old English major at the University of San Francisco, who came to know Gregg over the summer in Santa Cruz. Williams, a fellow Santa Cruz native, said Gregg was gregarious and friendly, and tried to befriend as many people as possible.
“He just really cared about everyone, left a good impression on everyone,” she said. “We would just walk around the city and explore San Francisco.”
She also provided an anecdote of Gregg’s free-spirited, adventurous behavior.
“A lot of people talked about a story how he climbed a tree during lunch hour in high school, and ate his lunch on top of a tree. It caused a big commotion, and nobody knew who he was. Security had to be called, and when he came down everyone had a lot of respect for him,” she said.
“It’s just a day-to-day thing,” she said of coping with the death of her friend. “Our group of friends was really excited to get to know him better. I still miss him a lot.”
http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/010002.html
http://video.vois.com/item/6DRBV25XYSBQD54B
http://poinski.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-memory-of-lucian-gregg.html
http://www.pedalexpress.com/santacruz/
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/11/18471712.php
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Age: 18
Location:
Jessie Street and East Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz , CA
United States
SF State student Lucian Gregg was killed in a collision with a Fed Ex truck in Santa Cruz over his winter break. Gregg, a stagehand and theater major, was a freshman who had just spent his first semester in San Francisco. The Santa Cruz native was staying with his parents in Live Oak at the time of his death.
Gregg was traveling at approximately 25 mph when we crashed, police said. He was the second cyclist to die in a crash in Santa Cruz this past year, according to press accounts. The driver of the Fed Ex truck that killed Gregg left the scene of the crash, causing police to have to investigate over 2500 delivery records and 60 drivers to try to identify who it was. It has been alleged that the driver right-hooked Gregg, similar to how John Myslin was killed in Santa Cruz a few months earlier.
A memorial ride for Lucian on January 12, 2008 brought out over 50 community residents to honor his memory. Lucian's friends, family members and former teachers, as well as members of the cycling community who never met the 18-year-old, participated in the Saturday afternoon memorial ride. The pack of bicycles sometimes stretched for the length of a block as they made a leisurely loop through downtown to the site of the fatal crash.
“He was just really adventurous, loved the outdoors, loved riding his bike,” said Jennifer Williams, an 18-year-old English major at the University of San Francisco, who came to know Gregg over the summer in Santa Cruz. Williams, a fellow Santa Cruz native, said Gregg was gregarious and friendly, and tried to befriend as many people as possible.
“He just really cared about everyone, left a good impression on everyone,” she said. “We would just walk around the city and explore San Francisco.”
She also provided an anecdote of Gregg’s free-spirited, adventurous behavior.
“A lot of people talked about a story how he climbed a tree during lunch hour in high school, and ate his lunch on top of a tree. It caused a big commotion, and nobody knew who he was. Security had to be called, and when he came down everyone had a lot of respect for him,” she said.
“It’s just a day-to-day thing,” she said of coping with the death of her friend. “Our group of friends was really excited to get to know him better. I still miss him a lot.”
http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/010002.html
http://video.vois.com/item/6DRBV25XYSBQD54B
http://poinski.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-memory-of-lucian-gregg.html
http://www.pedalexpress.com/santacruz/
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/11/18471712.php