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Posted: Thursday, 07 June 2012 7:55AM

Garden City Hit-and-Run Victim Dies



     GARDEN CITY, Kan. - A Garden City man who was injured by a hit-and-run driver while riding his motorcycle in late May has died. Officials at Via Christi hospital in Wichita say 37-year-old John Beckstrom died Wedsday. He had been in intensive care since his motorcycle was hit on a Garden City street. 
     The Garden City Telegram reports police are still looking for the driver of a car that was seen near the accident. The vehicle is described as a light blue, almost turquoise, Honda four-door with tinted windows. The vehicle sits low to the ground, may have after-market wheels and a square rear section. 
     A benefit poker run planned for Beckstrom and his family Aug. 11 will be held as a memorial event. Beckstrom is survived by a wife and two children.

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06/07/2012 7:57AM
Garden City Hit-and-Run Victim Dies
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