Woman mourns fiancé killed in motorcycle crash hours after proposal
By Peyton Headlee
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ORANGEVALE, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento County woman is mourning the loss of her fiancé, Noah Jacobus, who died in a motorcycle crash Wednesday evening, just hours after proposing to her.
American flags and flowers now mark the spot along Oak Avenue in Orangevale where Jacobus, 25, lost his life.
“He deserved so much better,” said his fiancée, Molly Wiseman, who asked not to be on camera but wanted to share his story.
Jacobus was riding his motorcycle alongside Wiseman when the crash occurred. The California Highway Patrol said he lost control and crashed into a mailbox. CHP is investigating whether another vehicle may have been involved in the crash.
The day that ended in tragedy had started with joy, as Jacobus had proposed to Wiseman earlier that day.
“We were on our way to dinner because we were going to announce our engagement,” she said.
Wiseman described Jacobus as someone who loved to make people smile.
“He was always a goofball. He loved to make people smile. He was just everything,” she said. “I met him in January, and every day we were together, locked at the hip from then on.”
She is now mourning the future they had planned together.
“He was offered a permanent position with the National Guard. And he was so excited about that. He’d been chasing that for months,” she said. “It’s just not fair.”
Reflecting on their time together, Wiseman said, “It was just cut too short. He might have just been too good for this place, but we just didn’t get enough time.”
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
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