IPFW awards posthumous degree to student who died in crash

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Trustees of a northeastern Indiana university have awarded a posthumous degree to student killed in a recent highway crash.

Twenty-two-year-old Alyssa M. Bizefski died in November when the driver of a pickup lost control of his truck along Interstate 69 in Steuben County.

The truck crossed the media and hit Bizefski's car head-on, killing the Auburn woman.

WANE-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/2l8YKsR ) that trustees at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne awarded her a posthumous bachelor's degree on Friday.

Bizefski had by the time of her death earned at least 85 percent of her credit-hour requirements and satisfied most of the requirements for her major. That allowed her to be nominated for a posthumous degree.

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Information from: WANE-TV, http://www.wane.com/