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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022
Volume 159 No. 27 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934
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NICK ZAMORA | SPARTAN DAILY
Hundreds of San Jose community members gather in mourning on Tenth and Reed streets Friday evening to memorialize Camdan McWright, an 18-year-old SJSU freshman football player who died that morning at the intersection. McWright was struck by a school bus while riding an electric scooter and was pronounced dead at the scene.
SJSU freshman football player Camdan McWright dies at 18 McWright struck and killed in collision with school bus while riding electric scooter
Community members gather in mourning at accident scene, 2 blocks from SJSU
By Bryanna Bartlett
By Nick Zamora
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Camdan McWright, San Jose State freshman football player, was struck and killed by a school bus Friday morning while riding an electric scooter, according to a Friday Mercury News article. McWright,18, was pronounced dead at the scene. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Ross Lee told the Bay Area News Group in its article that the San Jose Unified School District bus was carrying 14 students, none of whom sustained injuries, at the time of collision. Lee said the bus was heading eastbound on Reed Street while McWright was traveling northbound on Tenth Street, where the collision occurred at 6:51 a.m., according to the Mercury News article. According to a traffic surveillance video posted on Twitter Friday afternoon by Damian Trujillo, NBC Bay Area News reporter, the school bus was passing through the intersection of Reed and Tenth streets with a green light at the time of the collision. The area was blocked off for several hours as San Jose Police Department (SJPD) officers asked civilians to avoid the area. It was cleared at 11:22 a.m. Friday. INCIDENT | Page 2
He was a beautiful soul and he will be dearly missed. He had a beautiful smile and always made everyone happy and always made everyone smile, thank you everyone for showing up. Diane Kabukuru SJSU student and best friend of McWright
A candlelight vigil was held Friday night for Camdan McWright, an 18-year-old San Jose State football player who died earlier that morning in a traffic accident on Tenth and Reed streets. McWright, who was from Los Angeles, was on his way to a workout at South Campus Friday when he was struck by a school bus with 14 kids on board at 6:51 a.m., according to a Friday NBC News article. McWright was riding a Lime electric scooter northbound on Tenth Street through a green light, when he collided with the San Jose Unified School District bus, according to a Friday Mercury News article. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Diane Kabukuru, SJSU student and best friend of McWright, attended the vigil in mourning along with several of McWright’s teammates and coaches to say goodbye. “He was a beautiful soul and he will be dearly missed,” Kabukuru said. “He had a beautiful smile and always made everyone happy and always made everyone smile, thank you everyone for showing up.” Soon after news broke of the fatal incident, Director of Athletics Jeff Konya announced in a statement that the scheduled away game against New Mexico State in Las Cruces Saturday would be postponed. VIGIL | Page 2