GARY, IN : Fatal crash victim was Valparaiso University student on Thursday, February 23rd 2017

A Valparaiso University nursing student was killed and three others were injured in a crash early Thursday on southbound Interstate 65 near U.S. 20, police said.

Samantha Sable-Salvador, 20, of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, died at Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus after the crash at about 6:11 a.m., officials said. Fog may have played a role.

"Valparaiso University lost a valued member of its community, Samantha Salvador, a sophomore nursing student who touched the lives of many. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Samantha’s family and friends, and we ask for the public and media to respect their privacy during this time of mourning," said VU spokesperson Nichole Niemi in an email statement.

Niemi confirmed that the four people in the car were College of Nursing and Health Professions' students on their way to a clinical Thursday morning.

Sable-Salvador was a passenger in a green 2001 Honda Civic driven by a 19-year-old Hebron woman, according to Indiana State Police.

The woman was attempting to make a left turn from I-65 to U.S. 20 when she mistakenly drove into a turn lane and the Honda went airborne after hitting a raised median divider, police said.

The Honda hit a beige 2013 Chevrolet Malibu driven by a 26-year-old Chicago Heights man, police said.

Besides Sable-Salvador, two other passengers in the Honda were seriously injured, police said. One of them was flown to Loyola Medical Center and another was flown to an Indianapolis hospital for treatment.

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Fatal crash victim was Valparaiso University student