Skyline student Francisco Fernando Ramos III passed away in the early hours of Sept. 17, three days after being involved in a car accident. He was 19.He was enrolled in general education classes and planned to become a graphic artist; he had special interest in drawing.He was born and raised in Daly City, where he lived with his mother and sister; his father divided his time between the Philippines and the Bay Area.”It was difficult at first but we had very good memories together,” said Ramos’ mother, Lucy V. Cosme. “He liked living in this area to be close to his grandmother.”Jason Talle, one of his best friends, said they spent a lot of time together and Ramos wished to finish college and become employed.”He wanted to change his life-move forward,” said Ramos’ father Francisco Ramos Sr.He said that his son was very proud to be Filipino and they visited the Philippines together recently. “He had a big flag of the Philippines in his room,” Ramos Sr. said. “He wanted to know his roots. We had a great time in Manila, some of the best moments in my life.”Ramos Sr. said his son planned to study there but later changed his mind and decided to come back to the Bay Area.Ramos was admitted to the trauma unit of San Francisco General Hospital early Sept. 14 after crashing his car into a pole at Hickey and Gellert boulevards in Daly City. He had a severe injury on the back of his head.The Pacifica Police Department is investigating Ramos’ death. There are possibilities that the injuries that caused his trauma and eventual death were inflicted before the accident.Ramos’ death certificate, issued by the City and County of San Francisco, states that the immediate cause of his death were “blunt injuries to the head” and the events which resulted in injury were “death at the hands of another/others.”Ramos was at a house in Pacifica for a party that police had to disperse after receiving calls about several fights breaking out. Police said that he could have been injured during the party, according to Ramos Sr.Talle said he was in the gathering but he did not see Ramos leaving. He added that his friend was not a violent person, that he might have been “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”Detective Sergeant Pete Newell of the Pacifica Police Department said that during the investigation it became apparent that Ramos’ got the injury before the crash and that the department would withhold information to protect the course of the investigation, according to Ramos Sr.Cosme said that at this point she rather believe that her son died in the car accident and that if there is any truth beyond that, she will let the authorities find out.Ramos Sr. said he would like to ask whoever might have more information on “what went wrong that night and when” to come forth to the police.”If anybody knows what actually happened please help us,” Ramos Sr. said.Ramos was on life support until the early hours of Sept. 17, when doctors told his father that nothing else could be done. “They said he would never wake up,” Ramos Sr. said. “We had to make a decision and we did. It is hard.”He said that concerned friends started calling immediately after the accident and 100 or more people came to the funeral services, held on Sept. 22 in the Chapel of the Highlands in Millbrae.Ramos’ mother said that although it is very difficult, the family is trying to find refuge in faith. She added that she was also surprised by the large amount of people that came to her son’s funeral.”We all miss him and we all cried for him, but our faith teaches us to let go and let God handle the rest,” Cosme said. “We all knew in the family that Fernando had friends but we just didn’t expect the tremendous amount of friends that showed up.”Ramos Sr. said that he and his son had recently been becoming good friends and that he regrets not having communicated with him enough earlier. He urged for parents and children to enhance communication within their families.”This might be a wake up call-an example that parents and children should be communicating a lot,” Ramos Sr. said. “It is never too late to improve relationships between parents and children.”Cosme added that her memories of her son’s childhood help her overcome this tragic event.”It left an empty void and I’d like to fill it with happiness by trying to remember all the good things that he did as a kid growing up when hardship was overweighed by happiness,” Cosme said.”I will always remember him as my son whose last words to me two days before he died were ‘I love you too mom’-I will always remember that.”