UO student dies after being hit by car while bicycling

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A University of Oregon student died Monday, Aug. 18, after she was hit by a car Friday, Aug. 8, while riding her bicycle in a crosswalk near East Eighth Avenue and Hilyard Street in Eugene, a police spokesperson said.

Elizabeth Cardenas, 21, sustained a severe brain injury and multiple broken bones, according to a GoFundMe page raising money for medical costs and travel expenses for Cardenas’ family to travel from Mexico to be with her…

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