| Student dies in auto accident
By Sheryl McGlory
Published: Friday, November 12, 2004
Jeremy K. Teramoto, 20, of Beaver Falls, died Nov. 4 from injuries he received from a car accident.
Teramoto was driving his vehicle when the car skidded on Harmony Road, hit two stone driveway markers and rolled over, state police said.
He was flown to Allegheny General Hospital with severe internal injuries and was pronounced dead a few hours later. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the abdomen and chest.
Teramoto was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on Feb. 8, 1984. He attended Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls and graduated from there in 2002.
Teramoto's mother Robin Teramoto said that though he was not a member of any sports teams at SRU, Jeremy loved to play basketball and baseball.
Teramoto was a junior accounting major at SRU.
Friend Lindsay Lama, a sophomore at Slippery Rock, said Teramoto enjoyed playing video games and spending time with his friends, but was a dedicated student as well.
"He got good grades," Lama said. "He was really here to get an education."
Lama said that Teramoto was a fun person to be around and very outgoing.
"He was always happy and laughing," she said.
"If you were in a bad mood, he'd always say something to cheer you up."
Friend and SRU basketball player Shaun Grill was a passenger in Teramoto's car at the time of the accident.
Grill was treated at United Community Hospital in Grove City then transferred to Allegheny General Hospital before being discharged this week.
Grill suffered a fracture in his neck, nerve damage in his right foot and swelling of the spine, but said he hopes to be returning to school next week.
Grill said he's just happy to be alive.
"I wish I could have had half of his injuries so we'd (he and Teramoto) be sharing a hospital room together," Grill said.
Grill, Teramoto's roommate, said Teramoto was a good friend. He said that Teramoto went by the nickname "Bhudda" to most of his friends.
"Everyone called him Buddha," Grill said. "That's just what he told us to call him."
Lama said she had been friends with Teramoto for a while before she found out his real first name because she also knew him as Buddha.
A viewing was held for Teramoto on Sunday in Beaver Falls, followed by a funeral service on Monday. His mother said he will be buried in Hawaii next week. |
