Four University of South Florida students were killed in a car crash early Sunday morning in a head-on collision on I-275.
A Ford Expedition was heading south in the northbound lanes of I-275 at around 2 in the morning until it crashed into the car carrying four USF fraternity Sigma Beta Rho students. That same morning, thousands of miles away, another wrong-way collision happened in Los Angeles, killing six people.
Lucas Cruz is a researcher with the Center for Urban Transportation Research. He says wrong-way collisions aren't that common. He says there is no specific protocol for what to do when you encounter a person driving the wrong way."In general if you're riding in the right lane and someone who wasn't aware of themselves going on the wrong side of the freeway, they would presumably be going in the right lane as well so if you stay out of the passing lane it could help prevent an actual crash", said Cruz.
An on-campus vigil for the students will be on Thursday at 3:30 at the Marshall Student Center. A fundraiser to help cover the cost of the students' funerals has already surpassed it's 40 thousand dollar goal.