FIU student killed by car as she crosses a street near the main campus

A Florida International University freshman was killed early Sunday morning when she was hit by a car as she crossed a street near the school’s main campus, the university announced.

“This tragedy reminds us how precious and fragile life is,” the university tweeted Sunday afternoon.

Alexis Dale, 18, who was from Denver and lived in San Diego, had just begun studying information technology in June, according to her Facebook page.

Dale was crossing Southwest Eighth Street at 109th Avenue when she was hit, the university said.