Support Pours In For Jerry Colgate,
In Coma After Hit, Run Crash In VA
![Jerry Colgate, former Jerry Baldic of Cooperstown, is seen here (second from left) at his friend's wedding.](https://www.allotsego.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jerry-at-wedding.jpg)
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Jerry Colgate, who was known as Jerry Baldic as he was growing up in Cooperstown, graduating from CCS in 2004, has been in an induced coma in a Charlottesville, Va., hospital after he was felled by a hit-and-run driver at 2:40 a.m. Sunday. He is the son of Sarah Colgate of Cooperstown.
The Charlottesville newspaper, the Daily Progress, quoted Jason Gaviria, also of Cooperstown and now living in Virginia, as “kind-hearted, happy-go-lucky, a friend to everyone and above all else, a man who travels and lives exactly as he sees fit.”
Gaviria set up a Live Like Jerry tribute page for his friend at gofundme.com, where contributions may also be made to cover his medical expenses. As of this writing, $10,810 had been raised. Here are related articles: