Update on Dallas Cook

When I started this blog I had posted news on a young man who was killed by a drunk driver.
Ryan Dallas Cook was in the band Suburban Legends, which my daughter saw quite a bit.
The drunk driver worked for Hyunda of Korea and the local company helped him to escape back to Korea.

He has finally been tracked down and extradited back the the U.S. for trial.

Here's the information from a few weeks ago:
News Story

(As a side note: If any one has any photos of the memorial they did for Dallas at Downtown Disney please let me know. His family would like to gather some of the pictures or videos. Thank you)

News on Ryan Dallas Cook

This is non-visual effects posting:

The above is a link to an LA Times article on the Hyundai executive who caused the death of Dallas (from Suburban Legends) and fled the country with the aid of executives at the company. How people can drink and drive and kill someone and how company executives allow them to get away with it.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hyundai23may23,1,781890.story?track=rss



Original post
2006 update

Ryan Dallas Cook update

As mentioned a few months ago one of the band members of Suburban Legends, Ryan Dallas Cook, was killed by a hit and run driver.

Police have now found out this was a man from Korea who works for Hyundai Motors. He showed the car damage to executives at the company and took the first plane back to Korea without checking in with police. They hope to pursue him there. I think it's a shame for a car company to be hiding a criminal like this.

Click the link of the name above to get a video report of the story.
Or this link: News Video
Original Post
May 2007
Latest update May 23, 2007

Suburban Legends

Last Staturday I saw Suburban Legends perform in Oakland for iMusicast. If you ever get a chance to go to a concert of their's - go! In addition to the great music it is an amazing, energetic and entertaining show. The amount of life this group provides on stage inredible.
This makes the death of one of their members, Ryan Dallas Cook, from a hit and run driver the week before, all the more tragic.
Update on Hit and Run criminal

Dallas Cook

I know this is a Visual effects blog but sometimes you have to take time out for reality.

A few days ago Dallas Cook was killed in Orange County. Dallas was a member of band called Suburban Legends.
This is one of my daughters favorite bands. I had seen them perform a few times and had talked to them about doing a possible music video. All the guys were extremely nice and full of energy on the stage where they put on amazing performamances.

You will be missed Dallas.
More on Suburban Legends can be found on their site: http://www.suburbanlegends.com/
Update on Hit and Run criminal
Update on Hit and Run criminal May 2007