Napa Skateboarder HIt, Killed By Car

by The Editors on November 9, 2010

Kristopher John Anderson, 17, of Napa, California died Saturday night at 9:15 PM after being hit by a car while skateboarding on Silverado Trail near Highland Ave., according to a story in the Mercury News.

He was found lying nearby on the west shoulder of Silverado Trail and Winding Way, police said. . . Napa County sheriff’s Capt. Tracey Stuart said Anderson was pronounced dead at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. An autopsy is scheduled for today. . . The driver of the car that struck Anderson, Benjamin Espinosa, 29, of Napa, remained at the scene and cooperated with police, Paniagua said.

Anderson was a senior at Valley Oak High School in Napa. His friends held a candlelight vigil procession last night from the Napa skatepark to the intersection where was killed. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

[Link: Mercury News and Napa Valley Register]

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