Sorority Remembers Penn State Student Killed in Turnpike Crash as ‘Gorgeous Inside & Out'

As Penn State mourned a student killed in a Pennsylvania Turnpike crash that left six other PSU student hurt, her sorority remembered her as "remarkable," "trendy" and "gorgeous."

The Beta Mu Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega posted a memorial to Vitalya "Tally" Sepot on its Facebook page Monday morning.

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The sophomore graphic design major was a passenger in a car traveling westbound on the Turnpike Sunday afternoon when it lost control and crashed near milepost 319 in Charlestown Township, Chester Count. Sepot, who hailed from Branford, Connecticut, died and six other students Victoria Barrett, 18, from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania; Sarah Bixby, 18, from Flemington, New Jersey; Claire Fountas, 19, from Barrington, Illinois; Matthew Hrynkow, 20, from Annandale, Virginia; Brooke Kalodner, 18, from Voorhees, New Jersey; and Max Titlebaum, 20, from Merion Station, Pennsylvania were hurt, said the university.

The students, all members of AXO and Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) were in the Philadelphia area "canning" for Penn State's THON charity.

A Penn State student died from her injuries while six other students were hurt following a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Sunday afternoon.

"We are terribly saddened by this accident and our hearts are with the friends and family of Tally as well as other students who were involved in the accident," said THON 2016 executive director Katie Mailey. "The loss of one of our volunteers and the injury of others is a tragedy and we know this will be felt throughout our community. No words can express our sorrow when learning of this accident and of Tally's passing. We will do all that we can to honor her memory and dedication to THON."

Penn State's Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) unit offered counseling sessions for students, according to school officials. Students can also call the CANHELP crisis line at 1-800-643-5432.

"The Penn State community and all who know the good work done through student involvement in THON are deeply saddened by this tragedy," Student Affairs vice president Damon Sims said. "Our hopes are with the students injured, whose release from the hospital we are eager to see, but our hearts are with Tally's family and friends, whose terrible loss we mourn."

The cause of the wreck remained under investigation Monday.