Memorial Service To Be Held For TSU Student

Carolyn Hileman* | June 21, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Tennessee State University will hold a memorial service Wednesday for the student who was killed over the weekend in a car accident.

Jocelyn Gardiner, 22, died Saturday after her car was broad-sided by Victor Benitez. Witnesses said Benitez, who according to police was drunk at the time, never touched his brakes as he slammed into the TSU senior’s car.

The service for Gardiner will be held in the Floyd Payne Campus Center on the TSU campus. The service begins at noon and is open to the public.

Victor Benitez, 24, was charged with vehicular homicide for running a red light at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Road, killing 22-year-old Joycelyn Gardiner. Benitez might have been in the country illegally.

The Mexican native’s preliminary hearing on the charge is Thursday morning.

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