In the wake of tragedy, Pepperdine University continues to honor as Asha Weir, Niamh Rolston, Deslyn Williams, and Peyton Stewart.
The Malibu community continues to grieve after four college seniors at Pepperdine University were killed in a devastating crash on Pacific Coast Highway.On Thursday, Pepperdine held an emotional prayer service at Firestone Fieldhouse honoring the four victims, whom officials identified as Asha Weir, Niamh Rolston, Deslyn Williams, and Peyton Stewart. The four victims were also sorority sisters.
"I guess the thing we remember about Peyton is her kindness and her love," Barry Stewart told FOX 11 in a Zoom interview. Investigators with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday around 8:30 p.m., the 22-year-old driver of a BMW, suspected of speeding, lost control of his vehicle and slammed into three parked cars before ricocheting and fatally striking the young women who were standing nearby.
The LASD said the driver, from Malibu, was initially booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. He was then released from custody Wednesday morning as jail records cite . According to that law, a suspect can be released from custody if there are insufficient grounds for making a criminal complaint against the person arrested. Sheriff's officials said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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