During a candlelight devotional on Sunday night at the amphitheater university chaplain David Lemley took a moment to hold a prayer for Sarah Brady, the student who died in a car accident over the weekend, and her family.
The prayer was followed by students joining together in a song that the chaplain believed reflected the hardships that the loss of their fellow classmate represented.
Pepperdine student Sarah Brady was killed in a car accident Friday in Utah as she drove from her home in Colorado to Malibu to begin the fall semester.
The accident occurred as Brady was driving through Utah on Interstate-70. The Utah Highway Patrol reported that the accident involved two vehicles and occurred around 6 p.m. According to the release, authorities believe that Brady was passing the other vehicle involved in the accident when she drove into an emergency lane on the left hand. Brady then over-corrected her own vehicle and struck the other car on its left side.
Upon impact both cars careened off the interstate and hit several large rocks. Highway Patrol said that Brady was killed immediately. She was driving alone. The two people in the other vehicle only received minor injuries.
Brady enrolled in Pepperdine in the fall of 2009 and was a sophomore by credit hours. She was set to live in Drescher this year. Her resident director, Bri Jackson, and Director of Residential life Kerri Heath, reached out to Brady’s apartment mates and informed them of the news before informing the rest of the community.
The university planned on devoting a moment of prayer on Monday morning’s Stauffer Chapel’s weekly prayer to Brady and her family. The event is open to the pubic and will be held at Stauffer Chapel at 8:30 a.m. An announcement, along with a moment of prayer, will also be made during Wednesday morning Chapel.
The school is taking steps to reach out to Brady’s family. For students that wish to reach out to Brady’s family the Dean of Students Office is collecting cards, notes and letters.