Road:
State Hwy. 128, 1/2 miles west of Winters
Location:
Winters,
CA
Victim:
Tyler Lee Wilce
Date of Accident: ?
Inscription:
None (too small)
Age:
?
Description:
This is the tiniest road cross I’ve ever
seen!!! The cross consists of two small pieces of wood hammered
together. Faded flowers are attached to cross, and a burnt out candle lies
at its base. Tyler’s ingenious (but lazy) friends co-opted a street
sign as part of his memorial. A fake flower wreath is attached to the pole, along with a
rather dreadful poem written by a friend (See below). The most
intriguing part of this memorial is a note hidden under a rock at the base of
the cross. Who is it from? What does it
say? We’ll never know. I may be tactless and irreverent, but I just couldn’t bring
myself
to violate the privacy of that note.
Poem for Victim: "Hearts Bleed for You My Friend"
by Chris Taylor
The
Many times I saw you smile Back
The many times I've heard you laugh
The many times we've had fun together
I will never see you smile again
It has disappeared like a gust of wind
A gust of wind that makes ...
Tears stream for you my friend
A gust of wind that makes ...
Hearts bleed for you my friend
May
heaven treat you well my friend
May heaven tell you hearts bleed for you
My heart
bleeds for you my friend
My heart
bleeds for you my friend
May you rest in peace and forever know
Hearts bleed for you
Analysis:
A
small dirt orchard road intersects CA Hwy 128 at the place where Tyler met his
maker. I suspect some farm worker
pulled out from this road after a long day of picking apples, and forgot to
look both ways. Tyler was
probably riding a motorcycle (he was named Tyler after all, for god’s sake),
and slammed into the battered white pickup, killing him instantly.
