Covington business raises money in honor cyclist killed in hit-and-run

COVINGTON, Ky.  — Friday a funeral was held for cyclist and beloved Covington bookshop employee Gloria San Miguel. She was hit and killed Saturday by a driver on Covington’s 11th Avenue bridge. In the meantime, the person responsible for the hit and run crash, 60-year-old Mark Phipps, is at the rear of bars.

Lil’s Bagels sits correct future doorway to Roebling Level Guides — exactly where San Miguel labored — and proprietor Julia Keister suggests the loss of her get the job done neighbor and pal is tremendous to the operating local community around the Roebling Bridge.

Friday she hosted a idea push that raised more than $2,000 for San Miguel’s surviving loved ones. There is also a GofundMe web page cirulating for the spouse and children.

The outpouring of assist was apparent at the store as customer soon after client claimed they have been there to honor Gloria.

“Gloria was and is the best,” Mike Wendling mentioned.

“People who did not even know her but just have heard about her,” Keister stated. “People who did know her and men and women who are heading to her funeral nowadays, everyone has showed up. Since of the group and mainly because they treatment and because Gloria was one particular of all those really special individuals.”

And for people who desired an outlet to grieve, a nearby art therapist set up an artwork station to allow people today express their inner thoughts on paper.

“I’m even battling to talk about this,” claimed buyer Christina Heilig. “Feelings are raw and they are visceral, and from time to time it is tricky to discover the terms so to be in a position to have this prospect to generate a little something out or to draw some hearts just helps make you experience better, and like you are supplying again in some type of way to honor Gloria’s spirit.”

Police say Phipps turned himself in Thursday, and Friday early morning a choose established his bond at $1 million.

Now Keister wants matters to change when it comes to safety. She’s currently gotten hundreds of people today to sign a petition inquiring the city officers to introduce far more bicycle lanes in Covington.

“Its a requirement, the lives shed ought to be sufficient to exhibit how essential they are,” claimed Keister.

Related
Liked kinds, advocates drive to increase bicycle owner security after 2 were being strike and killed within just several hours of each other
Gentleman accused of demise of beloved Covington female held on $1 million bond
Roebling Place Guides and Espresso personnel killed in hit-and-operate