IU student dies after June car accident

Memorial services for IU student and Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity member Justin Roy are over, but he will live on in the hearts and memories of his friends.\nRoy, 21, passed away Sept. 14 after complications from a car accident at the end of June. Services were held at Harry Moore Mortuary Tuesday. \nJessica Stawick, a friend of Roy, said she feels like he is still here.\n“I feel like he was listening to the whole funeral,” Stawick said. “I feel like there’s nothing I need to say because he knows it all.”\nStawick, a senior at the University of Southern Indiana, met Roy in history class at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. She thought he was dorky at the time and said he was always doing weird things for attention.\n“He bought a big roll of tickets, like you’d get at a carnival, and gave them away randomly one time,” Stawick said. “He was always doing random things to keep you on your toes.”\nStawick and Roy had two other good friends from high school, Kyle Reasner and IU senior Jonathan Robison, and they called themselves “The Quatro.”\nThe first half of The Quatro was formed when Reasner met Roy in middle school. They were in several Spanish classes together, and were always “companeros,” or partners, for group exercises. This evolved into the phrase “companeros para siempre,” meaning friends forever, Reasner said.\n“We’d get in fights sometimes, but one of us would say (the phrase) and we’d make up,” Reasner said.\nReasner said he received a call from Roy’s father after the car accident June 29. Reasner was in Terre Haute at the time and headed to Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. Reasner had planned to see Roy that weekend.\n“I was supposed to call him the day before, but I never did,” Reasner said. “That messed me up.”\nReasner called Robison, who also came to Indianapolis. Roy was in critical care for a couple of days, but his condition was stable after that, Robison said.\n“Up until last week, we thought it would be a full recovery,” Robison said.\nRoy’s condition began to improve, and he began breathing on his own after several weeks.\nReasner said he got another call two weeks ago saying Roy’s heart had stopped. He and dozens of others rushed home to see Roy. They stayed overnight.\n“I was just completely shocked. I didn’t know what to think,” Reasner said. “To all our knowledge he was doing fine.”\nRoy was put back on life support, but he didn’t get any better. His parents made the decision to take him off life support Sept. 14. Reasner said he received a call the next morning.\n“I already knew what it was. I’d already accepted it,” Reasner said. “There’s nothing we could do, and he’s going to a better place.”\nRoy was great at everything he did, Reasner said. Whenever Reasner worried about Roy’s future, the phrase “companeros para siempre” would ease any concerns and solve any arguments.\n“Don’t let your talents and abilities go to waste,” Reasner said. “If you can do something well, do it, because you never know.”