Kristina Chesterman Blood Drive: Community Invited To Donate

LIVERMORE, CA — California Water Service will host a blood drive Friday to honor the life of a Livermore native who was fatally struck by a drunk driver while she rode her bicycle in Chico in September of 2013. The Kristina Chesterman blood drive is scheduled for June 1 between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Red Cross bus will be parked at Cal Water located at 195 South N Street in Livermore.

"Anyone interested in making an appointment for the blood drive can sign on to redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code CALWATER, or they can phone me at 925-447-4900," Lisa Bryning of California Water Service told Patch. Bryning said they will also accept walk-ins.

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 where 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, 2013.

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 throughout 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.

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