The Love of a Mother

Thomas Hawk
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The Love of a Mother
The Love of a Mother

Austin Chronicle

September 20, 2005

Sixteen-year-old Austin Wierup was killed last Thursday morning on his bicycle near the corner of South Congress and St. Elmo on his way to class at the Griffin School in Hyde Park. A preliminary APD statement says Wierup collided with a cement truck as it turned eastbound on St. Elmo. The truck driver, 33-year-old Sidney Henry, was not given a citation and no charges have been filed at press time. According to witnesses, Wierup was riding on the sidewalk and appeared to strike the front side of the truck, APD spokeswoman Laura Albrecht said. It is unclear whether the truck struck Wierup as he was going through the intersection or if both were turning when they collided. "It is still an open case and still under investigation," Albrecht said. The Griffin School's Adam Wilson said the small, tight-knit school community is grieving over the loss of Wierup, whom he called a gregarious, respected, and popular student. Wierup, a junior, normally arrived at school on his skateboard, having taken the bus from South Austin, Wilson said. "My perception is that he was trying to get to a more central bus stop given the Capital Metro strike." A memorial will be held at the Griffin School Saturday evening and the Yellow Bike Project has placed a symbolic white bicycle at the scene of the accident.

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