Blood Drive in Honor of Livermore Bicyclist Fatally Struck by Drunk Driver in Chico

California Water Service is hosting its quarterly blood drive in honor of Kristina Chesterman this Friday. The Red Cross bus will be parked at California Water Service in Livermore between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

California Water Service employee Lisa Bryning says those interested in donating can make an appointment for the blood drive by signing on to redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code CALWATER.

“They can phone me at 925-447-4900 and ask for Lisa,” Bryning said. “We will also be taking walk-ins the day of the drive.”

Kristina Louise Chesterman, 21, was hit by a drunk driver on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 while riding her bicycle back from study hall to the California State University Chico campus were she was a nursing student. She was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Chesterman was pronounced brain dead at 1:40 p.m. on Sept. 24.

According to her mother, Chesterman suffered major head trauma when she was struck less than one block from home. The Granada High graduate was the daughter of Livermore Homeless Refuge Director Sandra Chesterman, who is well-known in the Livermore community.

Chesterman was described by friends and family as “amazing” and “loved.”

Ohio resident Riley Hoover, 20, was sentenced to seven years in prison in September of 2014 after pleading no contest to two charges as part of a plea agreement offered by Butte County prosecutors in the death of 21-year-old Kristina Louise Chesterman of Livermore.

Related article:

• Livermore Bicyclist Hit By Drunk Driver in Chico
• Ohio Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison in Death of Livermore Bicyclist Struck in Chico

California Water Service is located at 195 South N Street in Livermore.

Photo: Kristina Chesterman