Second Berkeley Student Dies

Apparently, Patrick McCann wasn’t this year’s first Berkeley fatality.

The Daily Cal is reporting on the Oct. 7 death of second-year student Katherine Lew. Lew died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. While details are still not completely known as to exactly what happened, Lew was found outside of Hollister (25 miles southeast of Gilroy, off the 101).

This death really strikes an emotional chord. Katherine was a couple of doors down from me in the dorms last year, and while I didn’t know her extremely well (she kind of kept to her self), she was always really nice when we talked. Just another Berkeley student in the dorms… she watched Friends with everyone, walked down to the DC with you, looked for classes with you.

Another item caught my attention: How did it take so long for this to get out? It’s been three weeks since the accident, and the funeral was last week. I wish I would’ve known about this beforehand.
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