Freshman from Fairfax killed in crash at JMU

<br/><small><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Carrier+Drive+and+Bluestone+Drive,+Harrisonburg,+VA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=36.315864,76.904297&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;hnear=Bluestone+Dr+%26+Carrier+Dr,+Harrisonburg,+Virginia+22801&amp;t=m&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;ll=38.434766,-78.870163&amp;spn=0.013447,0.01708&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;source=embed” style=”color:#0000FF;text-align:left”>View Larger Map</a></small></div> <p>A <a href=”http://www.jmu.edu/”>James Madison University</a> freshman from Fairfax was killed when she was struck by a bus while walking on campus.</p> <p>Virginia State Police said 18-year-old Jane Hwang was hit by a City of Harrisonburg bus when she crossed a street shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday.</p> <p>Hwang was crossing <a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Carrier+Drive+and+Bluestone+Drive,+Harrisonburg,+VA&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=38.434774,-78.870174&amp;spn=0.004387,0.009388&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=36.315864,76.904297&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;hnear=Bluestone+Dr+%26+Carrier+Dr,+Harrisonburg,+Virginia+22801&amp;t=m&amp;z=17″>Carrier Drive at Bluestone Drive</a> against a “do not walk signal” when a bus, which had a green light, turned from Bluestone Drive onto Carrier.</p> <p>Hwang was struck and was pronounced dead at the scene.</p> <p>No charges will be filed agains the bus driver, a 56-year-old woman, police said.</p>

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