UVA student killed by boat propeller in Dominica

A 22-year-old Falls Church resident was killed by a boat propeller in Dominica Saturday afternoon, police report.

The victim was identified as Casey Shulman, a fourth-year University of Virginia student. She was in the Caribbean island as part of the school’s Semester at Sea program, though the accident occurred during a recreational boating trip that was organized indepedently of the school program, according to University of Virginia Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer Patricia Lampkin.