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Memorial service for CHP Officer Griess killed on I-80 in Fairfield

Griess died on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, he was thrown from his motorcycle during a crash.

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The memorial service for CHP Officer Kirk Griess is scheduled for this morning in Vacaville.

According to ABC7 in the Bay Area, family, friends, the community, and fellow officers will pay tribute to the CHP officer killed in the line of duty. Griess died on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, he was thrown from his motorcycle during a crash.

Sean Walker of Rocklin is facing two charges of vehicular manslaughter. It's unclear whether he has an attorney. Prosecutors say Walker was on his cellphone and distracted last Friday when his pickup truck slammed into motorcycle officer Kirk Griess, who had pulled over an SUV on the shoulder of Interstate 80 in Fairfield.

Griess was a 19-year veteran of the CHP and leaves behind a wife and three children.

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