Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly staff, faculty and friends met at a special campus memorial service Sept. 25 to remember physics senior Jacob Van Staaveren following his death in a skateboarding accident during summer break. Those who knew him will remember him as a kind, soft-spoken and curious student, physics professor David Mitchell said. “He […]
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Cal Poly student dead after skateboarding collision
Physics senior Jacob Van Staaveren died today after colliding with a truck while skateboarding in San Luis Obispo, according to San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) lieutenant Bill Proll. Van Staaveren was skateboarding across the intersection of Mill and Grove streets when he collided with a truck Wednesday afternoon, according to a SLOPD press release. […]