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'He Was A Self-Starter': Stepinac HS Student Killed In Hit-Run Crash Remembered As Hard Worker 'He Was A Self-Starter': Stepinac HS Student Killed In Hit-Run Crash Remembered As Hard Worker
'He Was A Self-Starter': Stepinac HS Student Killed In Hit-Run Crash Remembered As Hard Worker A popular Westchester teen who was killed by an alleged hit-and-run driver is being remembered as a self-started and hard worker. Christopher Jack “CJ” Hackett, age 16, of Yonkers, died on Thursday, Aug. 4, after being struck while riding his scooter on McLean Avenue in Yonkers on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Born in White Plains, and raised in Yonkers, CJ was about to begin his junior year at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, said his obituary. When it came to academics and good grades Christopher excelled, his obituary said.  He was a self-starter. When his homework was c…