Marine killed while doing community service

Victim in deadly Hwy. 126 crew accident was a Marine
He chose service in lieu of jail time
By Adam Foxman
Saturday, September 6, 2008
A Thousand Oaks man killed this week while picking up litter along Highway 126 near Ventura was a Marine reservist doing community service in lieu of jail time for driving without a valid license.

Christopher Williams, 22, joined the Marine Corps nearly four years ago and rose to the rank of corporal, said Capt. Carl B. Redding, a spokesman for the Marines.

Williams enrolled in a delayed enlistment program while still a student at Oak Park High School and headed to boot camp a few months after graduating in 2004, his mother, Susan Williams, said Friday.

He trained as an infantryman and was recently promoted to corporal, his mother said. "He loved the Marines," she said.
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