Oluwalayomi Fadero, a 23-year-old Nigerian graduate, has passed away after her car was struck by a driver fleeing police in Nashville, Tennessee.
Fadero, a recent Fisk University graduate pursuing an accelerated nursing programme at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, was reportedly driving home along Murfreesboro Pike when a stolen pickup truck, traveling the wrong way, collided with her vehicle.
The driver, identified as 52-year-old Ray Eugene Padgett, was arrested and remains in police custody. Authorities confirmed the incident occurred during a high-speed pursuit.
Fadero’s de@th has left family, friends, and the Nigerian community in the US devastated. Many remember her as a bright, promising young woman who was just months away from completing her nursing degree.