Family of nursing student killed in Uber crash award scholarships to nursing graduates in her name

The Brief

  • It’s been just over five months since a young nursing student died in a car crash while riding in an Uber in Philadelphia.
  • The family of 28-year-old Kiyonna Sutton says she was excited to become a nurse before tragedy destroyed those dreams on New Year’s Eve.
  • Kiyonna’s father says he is choosing to celebrate the day his daughter would have gotten her diploma and working to keep her memory alive.

ABINGTON, Pa. A tragedy unfolded New Year’s Eve as a young woman, on the cusp of graduating from nursing school, was killed while riding as a passenger in an Uber in Philadelphia.

A heartbroken family:

“We also got a diploma in honor of Kiyonna. I know she would have graduated today,”

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