it never ends, seriously....
RIP dear lizzie. your beautiful smile will be so terribly missed by so many.
fuck i don't know whether to cry or hit something.
Cyclist pronounced dead at hospital
Published: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 5:01 a.m.
A Santa Rosa woman who was seriously injured when she crossed a darkened intersection on her bike has been pronounced dead, officials said Friday morning.
Garcia, 26, was struck in the intersection of College and Mendocino avenues at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday after crossing against a red light, Santa Rosa Police said.
She had no light on her BMX-style bike and a westbound motorist was unable to see her until it was too late to stop his car, though he tried, police Sgt. Doug Schlief said.
Garcia was thrown against the windshield and then onto the pavement, where she struck her head, Schlief said.
She was not wearing a helmet and suffered massive head injuries.
Garcia was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:30 p.m Thursday, though friends who left the hospital for a vigil at the accident site said she remained hooked up to machines that would ensure her organs were viable for others.
Garcia worked as a psychiatric technician's assistant at Sonoma Developmental Center for disabled adults in Glen Ellen.
Friends remembered her for her easy-going personality, constant smile, hugs and baby face.
"She left this earth way too early," friend Whitney Swain said.
A Calistoga native, Garcia haid recently moved into a new house with her girlfriend in the Santa Rosa Junior College neighborhhood.
She was headed home on northbound Mendocino Avenue after drinking with friends when she crossed College Avenue against a red light and was struck in the intersection, friends and police said.
The driver of the car, Alexander Kaplan, of Rohnert Park, attempted to stop but was unable to avoid hitting Garcia, Shlief said.
"We had just made lists for each other," said Laurel Raukar, Garcia's girlfriend. "She was so excited to decorate our new house for the holidays."
The driver of the Honda Accord, Alexander Kaplan, 24, of Rohnert Park, apparently had a green light as he proceeded through the intersection, police said.
Garcia rode her bike often, her friends said, especially since moving to a house in the Ridgway neighborhood about a month ago.
"We were saving on gas, riding our bikes," Raukar said. "It never even crossed our minds that we should wear a helmet."
Raukar and Garcia were running errands on their bikes Wednesday afternoon, Raukar said. They stopped at Tex Wasabi's restaurant for dinner, and Garcia then decided to stop at the Round Robin bar on Mendocino Avenue to see friends before continuing home, Raukar said.
"It was just a nightmare from there," she said.
Thursday afternoon, friends gathered at the busy intersection where Garcia was injured. They laid flowers and tied a rainbow of handkerchiefs around the stoplight that Garcia, for whatever reason, ignored.
They described a "happy-go-lucky" friend who loved actress Julia Roberts, boy bands and a Mustang she drove in high school.
"She was always smiling, finding some way to make you laugh." Raukar said. "She was just amazing."
RIP dear lizzie. your beautiful smile will be so terribly missed by so many.
fuck i don't know whether to cry or hit something.
Cyclist pronounced dead at hospital
Published: Friday, October 24, 2008 at 5:01 a.m.
A Santa Rosa woman who was seriously injured when she crossed a darkened intersection on her bike has been pronounced dead, officials said Friday morning.
Garcia, 26, was struck in the intersection of College and Mendocino avenues at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday after crossing against a red light, Santa Rosa Police said.
She had no light on her BMX-style bike and a westbound motorist was unable to see her until it was too late to stop his car, though he tried, police Sgt. Doug Schlief said.
Garcia was thrown against the windshield and then onto the pavement, where she struck her head, Schlief said.
She was not wearing a helmet and suffered massive head injuries.
Garcia was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:30 p.m Thursday, though friends who left the hospital for a vigil at the accident site said she remained hooked up to machines that would ensure her organs were viable for others.
Garcia worked as a psychiatric technician's assistant at Sonoma Developmental Center for disabled adults in Glen Ellen.
Friends remembered her for her easy-going personality, constant smile, hugs and baby face.
"She left this earth way too early," friend Whitney Swain said.
A Calistoga native, Garcia haid recently moved into a new house with her girlfriend in the Santa Rosa Junior College neighborhhood.
She was headed home on northbound Mendocino Avenue after drinking with friends when she crossed College Avenue against a red light and was struck in the intersection, friends and police said.
The driver of the car, Alexander Kaplan, of Rohnert Park, attempted to stop but was unable to avoid hitting Garcia, Shlief said.
"We had just made lists for each other," said Laurel Raukar, Garcia's girlfriend. "She was so excited to decorate our new house for the holidays."
The driver of the Honda Accord, Alexander Kaplan, 24, of Rohnert Park, apparently had a green light as he proceeded through the intersection, police said.
Garcia rode her bike often, her friends said, especially since moving to a house in the Ridgway neighborhood about a month ago.
"We were saving on gas, riding our bikes," Raukar said. "It never even crossed our minds that we should wear a helmet."
Raukar and Garcia were running errands on their bikes Wednesday afternoon, Raukar said. They stopped at Tex Wasabi's restaurant for dinner, and Garcia then decided to stop at the Round Robin bar on Mendocino Avenue to see friends before continuing home, Raukar said.
"It was just a nightmare from there," she said.
Thursday afternoon, friends gathered at the busy intersection where Garcia was injured. They laid flowers and tied a rainbow of handkerchiefs around the stoplight that Garcia, for whatever reason, ignored.
They described a "happy-go-lucky" friend who loved actress Julia Roberts, boy bands and a Mustang she drove in high school.
"She was always smiling, finding some way to make you laugh." Raukar said. "She was just amazing."
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its a bad situation.
I'm sorry.