Noted: The father and sister of 19-year-old Shreya Dixit spoke of how Shreya, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, had accepted a ride home and was killed when the driver momentarily reached for an item in the car. Her father Vijay Dixit has established a foundation in her name that provides high school education modules for safer driving practices.
“The people in the cars next to us. It’s someone’s sister, someone’s mother,” her sister Nayha said. “Is checking that text message more important than someone’s life?”