The small knit worldwide community organizing the first event at the University of Central Oklahoma. “While we mourn the potential unrealised, let us also honour her life by pulling closer and appreciating the strength of our Broncho family”.
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Nakal had earned her Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mumbai University, and was attending UCO in the hopes of becoming a financial analyst.
Nikita Nakal had moved to the U.S. in July to study MBA at the UCO.
While students are grieving this loss, many are directing their prayers to her family that live in Mumbai, India.
Police and witnesses say the Hyundai sedan driven by 25-year-old Adacia Chambers crashed into an unoccupied police motorcycle before hitting the crowd.
Occasionally emotional as he spoke to a press conference at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, McNitt said: “All I remember is a gush of wind and then the sound, and then Leo, who was standing next to me, wasn’t standing next to me”. “He was off to the side”, said Mark McNitt, who was standing beside his stepfather, Leo Schmitz, who was injured in the crash. Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the recovery process.
According to the police, 47 others, including several children were injured, out of which four are in critical condition. “The incident has occurred on Saturday at 10.31A.M at the intersection of Hall of Fame Ave. and Main St. That intersection was the termination point of the parade, and lined with spectators when the collision occurred”.
Megan Lantz of Ponca City, Oklahoma, told the Oklahoman newspaper that about 100 people were standing on the corner at the time the vehicle, going between 72-80 kph, struck the crowd. Tulsa TV station KOKI reports student attendees said they wanted to send a message of support to the victims and others affected.
Twenty-five-year-old Adacia Chambers has been arrested on a DUI charge in the crash and is jailed.
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Authorities identified the driver as 25-year-old Adacia Avery Chambers, who was taken into custody on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol. She is scheduled to appear Monday in Payne County District Court.
