Yang ’11 Dies in Car Accident in Missouri

David Yang ’11 of Hillsborough, N.J. was killed Sunday evening while riding with his girlfriend in a Suzuki Forenza that was struck broadside by a Ford F-150 pickup truck at approximately 5:30 p.m. Yang was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident several miles northwest of Springfield, Mo., and the drivers of the two cars were transported to nearby hospitals with minor to moderate injuries.
Yang was returning from Oklahoma with his girlfriend ,Brianna Paolicelli of Millford, N.J., who was teaching in Oklahoma during the summer. According to the police report, Paolicelli was driving at the time of the accident and was taken to St. Johns Hospital of Springfield with minor injuries, while the driver of the pickup truck suffered moderate injuries.