Landon Cushman, 8, sits on the hill at Sunnyside Park while his friends slide down in Lewiston on Wednesday. A permanent memorial and garden sit just below the hill in memory of Cushman’s brother, Jayden Cho-Sargent, a Lewiston 13-year-old who was killed while crossing nearby Main Street on Nov. 3, 2016. “Jayden’s Place,” the garden […]
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Young found guilty in crosswalk death of Jayden Cho-Sargent
LEWISTON — A district court judge has found Laurie Young guilty of failing to yield to Jayden Cho-Sargent as he was crossing Main Street last November. Cho-Sargent, a Lewiston Middle School student who was walking to school, was killed when he was struck by Young’s pickup truck. He was 13 years old. Judge Rick Lawrence, […]
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Memorial dedicated to Jayden Cho-Sargent in Lewiston park
Jayden Cho-Sargent’s mother, Kellie Foley, gets a hug from Lewiston Middle School Principal Jake Langlois in Sunnyside Park in Lewiston on Thursday. A public dedication was held for the memorial for her son, Jayden, who was struck and killed in a pedestrian crosswalk. Tina Hutchinson stands nearby. The memorial plaque in Jayden’s Place in Lewiston’s […]
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Memorial honoring Jayden Cho-Sargent to be unveiled Thursday
LEWISTON — City schools Superintendent Bill Webster announced Monday that a memorial honoring Jayden Cho-Sargent will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25. Jayden’s Place Memorial Garden will be part of Sunnyside Park, 132 Winter St. Cho-Sargent, 13, was struck and killed on his way to school at the intersection of Main and Frye streets in […]
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Driver who killed Lewiston Middle School student enters denial
Attorney Sarah Glynn speaks in Maine District Court in Lewiston on Wednesday morning for her client Laurie Young, the driver of a truck that struck and killed a middle school student in a Lewiston crosswalk in November. LEWISTON – A South Paris woman who struck and killed a Lewiston Middle School student in November entered […]
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Lewiston roadside memorial for Jayden Cho-Sargent may be replaced
A runner passes the makeshift memorial at the corner of Frye and Main streets in Lewiston on Wednesday. The memorial was made soon after Jayden Cho-Sargent was struck and killed on his way to Lewiston Middle School on Nov. 3, 2016. LEWISTON — Nearly five months after a makeshift memorial was created for Jayden Cho-Sargent […]
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Hundreds gather for vigil for student killed in crosswalk
What’s happening: Mourning student’s death is ‘not a one-day thing’ | Lewiston Middle School student killed on Main Street LEWISTON — Hundreds of people filled the sidewalk in front of Lewiston Middle School on Thursday night for 13 minutes of silence in honor of Jayden Cho-Sargent. Attendees cupped their hands to protect flickering candles in the drizzle. His […]