Third-year College student Liana Kuyumciyan was killed and two other students were injured in a car accident on Ivy Road Tuesday night.
The Volkswagen Cabriolet, driven by Elvin Altun, 20, and carrying passengers Kuyumciyan, 22, and Dilara Baydarnazikogu, 23, collided with a Dodge Dakota pickup truck at 10:24 p.m.
Kuyumciyan was reported dead later that evening, and by Wednesday afternoon, University students Baydarnazikogu and Altun both were in good condition, said David Haugh, staff administrator at the University Medical Center.
The driver of the Dodge, Alexander Goetz, is currently in serious condition. The 20-year-old from Afton, Va., is not connected to the University.
The accident occurred when the Cabriolet traveling east on Ivy Road lost control and skidded into the west bank, according to Sergeant Dan Blake of the Albemarle Co. Police Department.
The pickup truck, heading west, struck the Cabriolet's right front side, causing it to tumble into the embankment on the roadside.
The students were returning to school from Wintergreen Ski Resort.
The Cabriolet's speed of 55 mph and the road conditions were not contributing factors to the accident, Blake said. There was no alcohol involved in the car crash.
Blake anticipates that it will take about two weeks for the police to determine the cause of the accident and finish their investigation.
All of the victims' families have been notified.
Kuyumciyan was a foreign affairs major and an international student from Turkey. She also was a member of the Turkish Student Association.
"I never saw her have any conflicts with anybody," said Emre Celebi, president of the Turkish Student Association.
In college, she "had become more prepared with her classes and was holding life more tightly," Celebi said.
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