Service to be held for grad student

A memorial for graduate student Dimitri Mavridorakis, who was killed Saturday when he was struck by a car, will be held this Friday at 10 a.m. in the Relays Room in the Burge Union. The memorial is open to the public. Police reports said Mavridorakis, an exchange student from St. Étienne, France, was helping push a disabled car on the shoulder of Shawnee Mission Parkway in Merriam when he was hit by a drunk driver. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 3 a.m.

 

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