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11/21/00

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Re: [Messengers]Chris Robertson Murdered

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San Francisco -- A bicyclist killed by a tractor-trailer rig Friday night

was identified yesterday as 30-year-old Christopher Robertson of San

Francisco.



Robertson was crushed beneath the rig on Fourth Street as he rode among a

group of 40 to 50 bicyclists returning from the funeral of a friend. He died

at San Francisco General Hospital.



The truck driver, 42-year-old Rueben Espinoza of Newark, was initially held

on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. But a spokesman for District

Attorney Terence Hallinan said last night that charges had been dropped

pending further investigation.



The accident occurred at 8:50 p.m. in the 1000 block of Fourth Street as

Robertson and several other cyclists rode toward Mission Rock. They were

coming from the funeral for Joseph Woods, a former bicycle messenger who was

killed by intruders outside his Mission District flat Nov. 9.



Robertson completed the California AIDS Ride, a charity bike ride from San

Francisco to Los Angeles, last summer. He worked at Rainbow Grocery on

Folsom Street and also was a skilled cook, friends said.



"He was a good-natured, intelligent guy," said Bill Stender, a friend of

more than 10 years. "Everybody's really broken up by this."



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