Yesterday, Sept 24, Sandra Chesterman posted this on her Facebook page:
It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you that at 1:40pm today, September 24, 2013 our beautiful, amazing baby girl kristina Louise Chesterman was pronounced dead. As she so selflessly requested in life we are keeping her organs alive so that a part of her will carry on in others. Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers and please don't ever forget about our sweet precious baby girl who touched so many lives in her 21 short years here on this earth. She was an ispiration to us all and made me so proud each and every single day.
She took a piece of my heart today and my life will never be the same.
Rest In Peace my precious baby girl. I love you with every fiber of my being.
The vigil last night in front of the Chesterman home was organized by her friends. Though it must have been hastily organized, no less than 250 or more people braved the stiff breeze. The speakers spoke of how much Kristina was loved and how many lives she had touched and how one young man's poor judgement cost Kristina her life.
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Perhaps it is fitting that the rest of the world seems to be aware that a very bright life has been lost:
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Previously Posted, Sept 24.
There will be a Candlelight Vigil tonight (Tuesday, September 24th) at 7PM on Sorrento Place (off Lomitas Avenue) in Livermore. David and Sandra Chesterman will not be attending.
The Chestermans would like to thank everyone for their prayers.
Previous reports that Kristina had passed away were my own error, please forgive me!
Previously Posted:
At 11PM, Monday September 24th, Sandra Chesterman posted this on her Facebook page:
Feeling an unbelievable, unimaginable loss right now. At 11:04 pm last night my beautiful baby girl Kristina was struck by a 19 year old drunk driver while she road her bike in the bike lane home from study hall at CSUChico. She was less than one block from home. The driver just left her in the road to die and went on to crash into 2 more cars (no others injured) then stumbled into his apartment and passed out drunk. Kristina Chesterman suffered major head trauma and is not expected to survive. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
Why do bad things happen to good people? Even the best people?
How much can one family endure?
Last night, Kristina Chesterman was struck by a drunk driver after, I am told, an evening class in Chico. She has been hurt so badly that her chances of survival are not... they're just not good.
Kristina's mother, Sandra, and her father Dave, are likely in Chico at this moment holding vigil and hoping for a miracle.
If you've been paying attention, you'll know that Kristina's brother suffered a brutal attack in Chico earlier this year while he was visiting Kristina.
Sandra and her family are... well, they're the best people. I count Sandra amongst my friends and I'm very proud to call her that. I've met Kristina only a few times, but I remember her as a vivacious, beautiful young woman with a caring soul who supports her mother well in Sandra's efforts to serve the poor and the homeless.
Your prayers are requested for the miracle that is so desperately needed. I don't know the details, but Kristina's injuries are said to be terribly severe and very life threatening.
