Kuira Cruz, from Rock Hill, has been identified as the Winthrop University student who died in an I-85 crash Thursday, police and school officials confirmed.
Cruz, 20, was traveling on Interstate 85 in Davidson County, N.C., when her vehicle and a tractor-trailer collided in North Carolina, the N.C. Highway Patrol wrote in a report.
Cruz was in her second semester at Winthrop, said school officials.
“Our thoughts are with her family, fellow students and colleagues who knew her,” said Frank Ardaiolo, Winthrop vice-president for student life. source
Cruz was studying biology, school officials said. She graduated from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill. She was described as having a beautiful soul by friends, Winthrop officials said.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
The crash remains under investigation.
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (THECOUNT) -- Tristan Bedient, of Acushnet, Massachusetts, was identified as the driver killed…
HURON COUNTY, Ohio (THECOUNT) -- Scott Wilkes, of West Salem, Ohio, was identified as the…
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (THECOUNT) -- Maxie Gainey, 61, of Patrick, South Carolina, was identified as…
THAILAND (THECOUNT) -- Connor Murphy, 32, was identified as the "Looksmaxxer" fitness influencer and bodybuilder…
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (THECOUNT) -- Jayden Oswin Adams was identified as the Mamelodi Sundowns…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (THECOUNT) — Phylicia Cherea Wilson, 38, of Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in a single-vehicle…