A PROMISING law student from Cheltenham who was hit by a car in Oxford and killed was yesterday named as Vandana Singh.
The former Pate's Grammar School pupil, 21, was walking along the A40 in Headington, Oxford, just after 10.30pm on Monday when she was hit by a Ford Ka.
She was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
The driver of the Ford was taken to John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, following the incident where she was treated for shock.
Frances Cairncross, the Rector of Exeter College at Oxford University, paid tribute to Vandana, describing her as a "beautiful" girl and said she who would be greatly missed.
He said: "Exeter College is grieving for the loss of Vandana Singh, a third-year law student, killed in a road accident on Monday night.
"She was a lovely and beautiful girl, who was at the heart of college life and is deeply missed by everyone who knew her.
"Our hearts go out to her family and her many friends."
An inquest into the events which led to Vandana's death has been opened and adjourned at Oxfordshire Coroner's Court.