Bellaire City Council paid tribute to Tobi Oyedeji, a Bellaire High School student who recently died in a car accident, during their meeting last night.
“Our Bellaire community is shocked and saddened to lose one of our own,” Councilmember Andrew Friedberg said.
Oyedeji was on his way home from an after-prom event at Dave and Buster’s on Sunday morning when his silver Toyota Avalon crossed over the median into northbound traffic in the 14100 block of S. Main and crashed head-on into a green Jeep Patriot, killing the driver, Gertha Augestin, a nurse at MD Anderson. Oyedeji was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Oyedeji was a star basketball player for Bellaire High School and had a scholarship to play ball for Texas A&M. He would have been 18 years old on Friday.
“This hit a lot of people really hard, including myself,” Councilmember Corbett Parker said. “He didn’t do drugs, he didn’t drink … he was a star human being.”
City council took a minute of silent prayer to remember Oyedeji and his family during their Monday night meeting. They also displayed some pictures of him.
“It’s a real tragedy,” said Mayor Cindy Siegel. Its heart wrenching to see parents go through something like this, she said.
A memorial fund has been set up in his name at Amegy Bank.
HISD’s Athletic Department is sponsoring a benefit basketball game to help raise money for the family of Tobi Oyedeji on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Delmar Field House, 2020 Mangum. Tickets are $5 at the door.
The seniors from Bellaire’s basketball team and the seniors from Yates basketball team will play an exhibition game to help raise money to help the family of Tobi Oyedeji pay for his funeral.
Parker said he would donate $1 for every point Bellaire scores at the benefit game.
