Parker teen pleads guilty in Black Forest crash that killed two - Colorado Springs Gazette
A wooden cross and a large pot of flowers is at the center of a makeshift memorial for the two Palmer Ridge students who died on as the result of a car crash neat the intersection of Baptist Rd. and Roller Coaster Rd. early Monday morning. Ryan Pappas and Beau Bigier were seniors at Palmer Ridge High School. Fellow Palmer Ridge seniors, Nick Haller, Logan Malone, and Ryan Best (right to left) spent time grieving at the site on Tuesday, Sept. A family friend of both boys, Jennifer Knisley brought her son, Jake Knisley (left), to mourn the two boys who had spent time with him like big brothers. As relatives of the dead sat weeping in court, Marshal Douglas Gregory answered a judge's questions in soft-spoken tones, describing in a quavering voice how he attended a Monument party during which he took shots of Jack Daniels, swigged from the... "I later got into an accident that resulted in the death of Ryan and Beau," he said, referring to victims Ryan Pappas, 18, and Beau Begier, 17. . A third passenger, Jack Clark, was severely injured in the Sept. Colorado State Patrol troopers said Gregory was traveling 80 mph in a 40 mph zone when he blew through a stop sign at Hodgen and Roller Coaster roads. Source: gazette.com
