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Grambling student dies in crash Thanksgiving evening

GSU student Zaria L. Griffith died in a car crash Thanksgiving evening (Source: Grambling State University)

GRAMBLING, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A Grambling State University student died after a crash Thursday evening.

In a statement on the GSU Facebook page, the university announced Friday afternoon that Zaria L. Griffith, a biology major at the university, had died in a crash on Thanksgiving evening. The crash happened on Highway 167. More details have not yet been released about the incident.

Griffith was from Chicago, Il, and was a Senior Associate Justice in the SGA and a student ambassador.

Plans for memorial service or funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

The university said, “We want to encourage all GramFam to be cautious and vigilant while traveling on the highways.”