SF State student Stacey Erin Doukas died wednesday morning, Sep. 08, when her two-door convertible fell from a San Francisco overpass.

The first impact on a city street near the Mariposa St. on-ramp caused Doukas’ 1987 BMW to fall onto Interstate 280 at 2:26 a.m., California Highway Patrol said.

The 28-year-old journalism senior studied photography, writing and German, and was close to graduation, according to friends and professors.

“She only had to finish a couple of classes,” Johanna Luddy, an SF State photojournalist and colleague of Doukas, said. “She was always talking about how she was so excited to graduate.”

“This is a potentially dangerous profession and it is sadder yet to see someone much promise who never got out the door,” John Burks, SF State journalism chair, said.

SF State professor Ken Kobre taught Doukas in several photography classes.

“She was a charming person – warm, funny,” Kobre said. “Everyone will remember her for her dreadlocks.”

Magazine Reporting professor Yvonne Daley said Stacey was a passionate writer who understood the English language well.

“I like that she cared about people,” Daley said. “She was a great team player, and she really cared about people.”

Stacey’s uncle, Steve Doukas, said memorial services will be held Friday, 7p.m. at Duggan Family Serra Mortuary in Daly City – owned by family friends. The inurnment will be held Saturday, 1pm at the Greek Orthodox Memorial Church.

All donations may be sent to the future scholarship for SF State photojournalism department in lue of flowers.

Contributions by staff writer Sean McCourt