Church service, vigil for nursing student police say was hit and killed by drunk driver [Video]

DARBY, Pa. – An emotional service was held Friday night at Wesleyan Church in Darby in memory of one of their own, 21-year-old Thaduba Magdelena Turay, who was killed in a car crash last month.

“She was somebody that was respectful. She was somebody who loved people and who loved God,” said her father, Samuel Turay, who arrived with his grieving wife and their young children.

They’re still in shock that their daughter is gone.

“Our faith and the community’s support is what is keeping us together,” said her father.

Family and close friends packed the tight-knit church shedding tears but also celebrating the life of this beautiful and bright life lost. They say Thaduba was a nursing student at Cheyney University.

“She was very determined to become a young medical practitioner and she give all of what she had to become one. But her life was cut short,” said her uncle Kebbie Turay.

Friends say she had so many talents.

“She …