News: Long Island Woman Thrown From Vehicle
(Long Island, N.Y.) The period of Memorial Day to Labor Day weekend, known for its on-the-road tragedies, begins with the loss of a young woman from Setauket. A twenty-seven-year-old woman was killed in a car crash last Saturday, beginning the deadliest season of accident fatalities. Her twenty-seven-year-old fiancé of Newport, Rhode Island had been driving the vehicle.
The accident occurred at one-thirty in the morning along Interstate 95’s Exit 88 for Groton, Connecticut. The couple had been riding southbound in a 2001 Toyota Sienna and were allegedly headed for Long Island. The driver was treated and released for minor injuries at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.
The car was in the left lane when it veered off the road to the left and clipped the base of a wide rope guide rail. It then went off the left shoulder of the road and eventually landed on its roof. Police and authorities have been investigating the causes of the accident.
The young woman was in the backseat at the time of the incident and was not wearing a seatbelt. It is uncertain as to why she had been in the back, and there have not been any reports of other passengers. She had been ejected from the vehicle upon impact and was pronounced dead at the scene.
She was a 2002 graduate of Ward Melville High School where she participated in field hockey, lacrosse, and track. She was also recognized as a three-time All Conference athlete in field hockey. She went on to obtain her bachelor’s from Brown University and graduated in 2006 with a political science degree.
As a four-year starter in field hockey at Brown, she became active in the University. Reports claimed that spokesmen from Brown had a lot to say about her achievements and honors, as they offered their condolences and support to her family, classmates, and friends. In the weekend of the incident, she had attended commencement activities in Providence, Rhode Island.
She went on to obtain a master’s degree from Harvard University in 2010 and specialized in international education policy. According to friends and family, she had always been active in non-profit organizations and charities, including participation in the relief efforts in Haiti.
Spending a year as an English teacher in Beijing, China, she was able to promote female education in other countries. She contributed to efforts in Africa and other third-world countries with limited access to education for girls. In addition to educational awareness, she also promoted the developments of HIV/AIDS medicine in India.
