such a beautiful soul. graduated hs with honors, dancer on the rebel dance team, and an amazing personality. how could this have happened to such a perfect girl. it so unfair how this came to be. you are truly missed and loved by so many people. lindsay passed away friday night after being hit by a drunk driver on wednesday night who was going the wrong way on the freeway. it makes me soo angry to think someone could be so careless driving like that and and not think about how he couldve controlled what hes done. he took away such a precious life because he thought he should have a few drinks before getting behind the wheel..... really??! like why?! its just not fair...
and today is her 19th birthday. happy birthday linds. im sure youre having a lot of fun up there, dancing in the clouds. please watch over us. rest in peace lindsay. i miss you more and more each day. <3
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heres an article about the incident that they just released today:
An 18-year-old UNLV student has died from injuries suffered late Wednesday in a crash involving a suspected drunken driver.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified the student as Lindsay Mychael Bennett of Las Vegas, who died after she was struck by a driver going the wrong way shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the 215 Beltway and Windmill Avenue.
The cause of her death was several blunt force trauma injuries from the collision, a spokeswoman for the coroner’s office said. She died of her injuries Friday night, authorities said today.
She would have turned 19 today. Her former teammates from the Coronado High School dance team were spending the evening at her house with her family marking her birthday, dance coach Ginger Rossiter said.
Since the crash Wednesday night, “the girls have stayed very close. They have found comfort in each other and have been kind of staying together all day and all night,” Rossiter said. “They are having a hard time coping, doing the best they can.”
Bennett was captain of the dance team her junior and senior years and received a varsity letter in dance all four years, Rossiter said.
She provided the leadership that helped the team go from barely competitive her junior year to winning a national championship her senior year, Rossiter said.
“She did not accept the failures we had during her junior year,” Rossiter said. “She overcame those with a positive attitude. She was a fighter.”
Bennett graduated with honors in 2008 and went on to UNLV, where she was a Rebel Girl, Rossiter said.
Bennett was majoring in architecture and was always doodling and making cards for her friends, said Jenn Singer, who was friends with Bennett since they were 11.
A vigil in Bennett’s honor is scheduled for Tuesday night at UNLV. Services have been scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 130 N. Pecos Road, in Henderson.
The suspected impaired driver was taken to University Medical Center’s trauma center and released Thursday, said Trooper Kevin Honea of the Nevada Highway Patrol. He has been booked into the Clark County Detention Center, but has not been identified, Honea said.
The investigation into the collision is ongoing.
