Family remembers Tyler Minor after deadly Merced crash

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The household of 19-year-old Tyler Minor continues to mourn astir 9 months aft the clang that tragically took his life.

"He loved life, helium loved people, helium loved to laugh, helium loved everything astir life. He ne'er knew a stranger," said Kristine Minor, Tyler's mother.

His life, chopped tragically abbreviated connected October 12th of past year.

He was driving to prime up his woman erstwhile constabulary accidental Jonathan Ceja was speeding and ran a reddish light, crashing into Tyler and sidesplitting him.

"To suffer a child, it's conscionable I ne'er understood the meaning of erstwhile somebody's mislaid a kid they were ne'er the same. But present I tin genuinely accidental we'll ne'er beryllium the same," said Minor.

Kristine and Mike Minor accidental their son, who was going to schoolhouse to go a peculiar acquisition teacher, shined agleam successful the lives of each who knew him.

Tyler took the clip to get to cognize radical and assistance them nevertheless helium could.

"That was him enjoying beingness alternatively of rushing done things. Sometimes arsenic overmuch arsenic I wanted to archer him 'hurry up hurry up!' it was admirable that helium enjoyed beingness truthful much," said Minor.

Through this tragedy, the Minors person recovered a mode to marque definite Tyler's bequest of helping others lives connected for years to come.

They've established a assistance money which has already awarded 32-thousand dollars to much than 60 students going to assemblage and attending Our Lady of Mercy school, wherever Tyler attended and worked arsenic a P.E. teacher.

"We can't springiness him anything. So we consciousness similar that's what we tin bash for him," said Minor. "If helium could look down and deliberation astir each the things helium near and the bequest helium left, helium would beryllium proud."

Through their grief, the Minors are trying to absorption connected the memories near down and doing things successful the tone of Tyler.

That includes being determination erstwhile Ceja appears successful court.

"There is nary justness because, the lone happening that would beryllium justness would beryllium bringing him back. So, accountability," said Minor.

If you'd similar to lend to the Tyler Minor Memorial Scholarship fund, you tin find it astatine the Merced School Employees Federal Credit Union (account #: 0706136977).

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