Branford senior dies in Kentucky cycling accident
Rachel Speight '06, a rising senior in Branford College, died Sunday when she was hit by a car in western Kentucky while on a cross-country bicycle trip organized by Yale students as a charity fundraiser.
According to Kentucky state police, the 21-year-old music major -- known as Ramie to her friends -- was traveling on U.S. 60 in Henderson County, Ky. at about 10:35 a.m. when she lost control of her bicycle, crossed over the center line and struck a car going in the other direction. Speight, who was wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Speight, a Houston...
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