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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri May 28, 2021, 07:25 AM May 2021

Daughter of author Michael Lewis among 2 dead in crash near Truckee

News // Bay Area & State

Daughter of author Michael Lewis among 2 dead in crash near Truckee

Andrew Chamings
May 27, 2021 | Updated: May 27, 2021 2:19 p.m.

Two recent Berkeley High graduates died Tuesday in a crash on Highway 89, near Truckee, Calif. ... The victims, Ross Schultz, 20, and Dixie Lewis, 19, were pronounced dead at the scene of the head-on collision, according the California Highway Patrol. The news was first reported by Berkeleyside.

Dixie Lewis was the daughter of bestselling author Michael Lewis and photographer Tabitha Soren. Schultz was a soccer player and member of Berkeley High's NCS Championship soccer team, and was attending Cal Poly Pomona.

The students’ vehicle was traveling northbound on State Route 89, CHP told SFGATE in a statement. Their vehicle collided with that of a 45-year-old from Fernley, Nev., traveling southbound. No alcohol or drug use is suspected.

"The Berkeley students’ vehicle entered the southbound lane of State Route 89 and struck the other vehicle head on," CHP said. "The driver of the southbound vehicle suffered from minor injuries only.”

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SFGATE reporter Joshua Bote contributed to this story.
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Daughter of author Michael Lewis among 2 dead in crash near Truckee (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 OP
Oh nooooo. The poor families. I'm a big fan of his. mahina May 2021 #1
Whoa, I just heard Michael Lewis' new book reviewed on NPR and placed a hold on it.... Brother Buzz May 2021 #2

mahina

(17,660 posts)
1. Oh nooooo. The poor families. I'm a big fan of his.
Fri May 28, 2021, 09:41 AM
May 2021

What a terrible unimaginable loss.

I hope the other driver can heal.

Brother Buzz

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2. Whoa, I just heard Michael Lewis' new book reviewed on NPR and placed a hold on it....
Fri May 28, 2021, 12:01 PM
May 2021

at my Podunk library, then this.

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