resulted in a remarkable memorial tribute -- of $3,000.

Ewan's mother Penny said scores of people sharing in the family's grief had already delivered the cash to start a charity fund in his name.

She also spoke of the poignant messages of sympathy beginning to flood the house in Sun Valley Road, Warwick.

Well-wishers are sending 50 condolence cards every day.

And Mrs. Sampson said the tributes were so emotional, she needed a "quiet moment'' to sit and reflect before reading them.

"We're taking things day by day,'' said Mrs. Sampson, who used to teach at Saltus where Ewan was a graduate student.

"Now we're getting help to start up a memorial fund. If we can help other young Bermudians, then Ewan's life hasn't been wasted.'' Ewan, a Pink Panther hospital volunteer, was killed after a tragic fault developed on his bike on a notorious bend on Middle Road, Southampton.

His kickstand became caught in the road and he was unable to steer his bike out of the path of an oncoming bread van.

Mrs. Sampson and her husband Tyrone are now dedicating their lives to a scholarship foundation to help other students follow university careers in computer studies.

Ewan, their only child, had already started making a name for himself as a computer expert and had secured a prestigious place at the University of New Brunswick.

But Mr. and Mrs. Sampson are now applying to turn the fund into a registered charity, so they can appeal for public donations.

They have already been asked to attend a Charities Board meeting on May 12 -- and are hoping to bring the appointment forward so they can push ahead with fundraising.

"So many people are helping us set this up,'' said Mrs. Sampson.

"We have had many donations already, with people bringing money to the house.

In fact, that alone is totalling nearly $3,000 so far.

"Tyrone and I have been overwhelmed by the response from the public. We had no idea how many lives he touched.

"At the moment, we are getting around 50 cards every day from people we didn't even know, but who seemed to know Ewan.

"They just wanted to say what a fine young man he was. I have to wait for a quiet moment before I can even open them -- because the tributes are so emotional.'' Charity fund is set up She said the charity's four trustees would be herself, her husband, Senator Yvette Swan and Rotarian Reginald Minors, whose own son was killed in a car crash in Ontario in October 1994.

Details about how to donate, through a Bank of Bermuda account, will be made public when the fund is finalised.

Mrs. Sampson added: "Our dream is to raise enough money to make the scholarship perpetual.

"To encourage public donations, we have to make the fund a charity and we have already filled in all the papers to get registered.

"This will be our way of making sure something good comes out of our loss.'' ACCIDENT AC OBITUARY OBT