Jason was an engineer with the Aurora Fire Department. He had been with the Department since 2003.
Jason was bicycling to work at 7:30 a.m. when he was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection. The driver of the pickup truck said that he couldn't see that he had a red light and couldn't see Jason on his bicycle because of the morning sun in his eyes. Jason was transported to a local hospital where he passed away.
The driver has been arrested for careless driving resulting in a death.
God help us. Has nobody heard of sunglasses?
Fire department comrades said that Jason was an amazing person, who was a colleague and a great friend.
Jason is survived by many loving friends and relatives including his father, Harold Murphy; his wife and 2 daughters, Bridget and Natalie.
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| Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters, pray for Jason and for those who have lost him. |
Pray that Jason Murphy is in Heaven. Pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen
5 comments:
Thank you for your remark about "hasn't anybody heard of sunglasses.". I have visited the accident site three times, one before sunrise. The sun does in fact rise directly east of accident site. But, many comments suggest Driver could not see traffic light. Well, that School Crossing is very well marked with two Traffic Lights above road, and one on post, lower than other lights. Hasn't anybody heard of putting sunvisor down? And, Driver's daughter went to Summit Elementary school as I was told in person a few days after accident. And, Driver probably entered E. Quincy Ave(eastbound) about 420 feet from accident site. Harold Murphy(father of Jason Murphy)
Hindsight is 20/20!
What do you mean that hindsight is 20-20? Are you referring to the wearing of sunglasses?
If you are driving a vehicle and the sunlight obscures your vision so badly that you can't see on-coming cars, on-coming pedestrians, on-coming bicyclists, or anyone else, what the hell are you doing without sunglasses?
Are you going to mow down everyone in your path because you won't go to Wal-Mart and buy 10 dollar sunglasses?
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, pray for us. God help us all.
God save us from those who rely on "hindsight" instead of "foresight". Amen.
Mr Murphy, I am sorry for your loss. I can't imagine the pain associated with the loss of a child or spouse. You and you family are pursuing a criminal case against Mr Nale, why? It has been determined an accident and he was doing nothing negligent. Do you really need revenge so badly that you try to send a single father of 2 to prison? His son is autistic and is in and out of Children's Hospital all the time. He works hard just to put food on the table for his children. He, more than anyone, would like to be able to right this wrong. I know your son died of complications while on the operating table... He and everyone else believed he was going to be fine after his leg fracture was repaired. Destroying another man's life will only cause more suffering.
Hello RDC, I NEVER tried to "send" Driver Mr. Nale to prison for what he did to my son Jason. The Aurora (Colorado) Police made the decision (themselves) to sent Mr. Nale to Court. Fact is: Mr. Nale did not cause Jason's death. That was up to the E. R. "Doctor" who ordered 30 units of a powerful Narcotic, gave Jason 5 injections in 41 minutes, and falied to give Jason a single injection of "NarCan" in the final 2 hours of Jason's life. (Note: there are 25 injections of that Narcotic missing while Jason was dying.
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