Tragedy: Bard student is killed after earning music degree - Slippedisc (2024)

V.Lind says:

That is cruelly sad.

I hope they throw away the key after jailing this irresponsible driver. Unless he had a heart attack at the wheel — and if there was any risk of that he ought not to have been driving — there is no good reason for what he did.

All that promise just erased.

Emmanuel says:

To the musical community that we are so intricately a part of,

As we grapple with the sudden and tragic loss of our dearest friend, this Go-Fund-Me was created to assist her surviving family during this difficult time. Please share it far and wide, as anything can help them.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-linhs-musical-legacy?%3Fattribution_id=sl%3A9af3a67b-5537-415d-ad6d-7d23516a86d0&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_ft&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabosHGEtqa-Mn0YbRl3R4SvHAN6pVE0c7beFcLYSSUSxMZOuK9LJCsEMWw_aem_AYs2S2sIBSrsc1zumIT2X7f_H2EZqa9MwU32VtPok90oH7y1ek3FcRQVjxO8LundOHt3H8GHcT1ELoPFeiJSV6vo

John Borstlap says:

This is an unbearable story. Imagine what obstacles this girl had to overcome to study in the US, then achieving success and then this.

zandonai says:

Very sad. It’s like decorated Gulf War vets returning home, only to die in the mean streets of USA.

I do not do GoFundMe but will send money directly to wherever it’s needed.

Rebecca Sanabria says:

I am so upset by this horrible news! I’m a worker at Bard college and I saw all of the commotion. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think this would happen to someone who worked so hard for what she got to have it taken away by a careless and irresponsible person. This story just breaks my heart

guest1847 says:

This is the reason why there are speed limits of 20 miles per hour (30 km/h) in many places, since crashes are often fatal above 50 km/h. Of course I don’t expect to see anything like that in the US

MysterY says:

Red Hook is a small village located about 3 miles southeast of Bard College. To walk from Bard to the village requires walking south along a state highway (“9G”) and then east on another road (route 199).

Sadly, this is not the first time that a tragedy like this has occurred near Bard, which (for those who may not be familiar with the geography) is situated in a tiny hamlet called “Annandale-on-Hudson” about 100 miles north of New York City alongide the Hudson River.

A decade ago, two students were killed by a drunken driver while walking along the highway connecting Bard to Tivoli (a small town located about 3 miles north of the college):

https://www.hvobserver.com/21776/2-bard-students-killed-1-hurt-in-midnight-hit-and-run-on-route-9g/

https://www.oneidadispatch.com/2014/04/12/suspect-in-tivoli-hit-run-that-killed-two-bard-college-students-indicted-on-17-counts/

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2014/02/01/two-bard-college-students-killed-by-hit-and-run-driver-in-tivoli-suspect-caught-jailed/

https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/crime/2014/04/23/boeck-bard-hit-run/8047857/

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2015/02/24/carol-boeck-sentencing-bard-college-student-deaths.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/04/02/family-of-winnetka-student-killed-in-dui-crash-says-justice-remains-elusive/

The only way to walk between Tivoli and Bard is along the aforementioned state highway, 9G.

The college does operate a shuttlebus service between Bard, Red Hook, and Tivoli:

https://blogs.bard.edu/transportation/?page_id=5