One year after 4 Pepperdine students were killed in high-speed crash, sorority sisters push for change
Thursday marks one year since four Pepperdine University students were struck and killed in a high-speed crash along Pacific Coast Highway.
Thursday marks one year since four Pepperdine University students were struck and killed in a high-speed crash along Pacific Coast Highway.
On Oct. 17, 2023, Niahm Rolston, Peyton Stewert, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams, were walking in Malibu towards a home on PCH to meet their sorority sisters when a car traveling at a high speed veered onto the shoulder of the road and slammed into three parked cars. Authorities said one of the parked cars hit the women, killing them.
Pepperdine students, including the slain women’s sorority sisters and friends, continue to grieve their deaths while trying to honor their legacy by fixing the dangerous roadway where they were killed.
It may have been a year since the deadly crash, but Pepperdine Alpha Phi sisters are still honoring the lasting impacts the four students left behind while struggling to cope with pain and grief.
“I’ll never understand this,” said Hannah Allen, the best friend of Deslyn Williams, “I don’t know how I got through this year. My junior year was a complete blur just because of losing them.”
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