The Dalai Lama’s nephew was killed along a Florida coastal highway during one of his long treks to bring awareness to the Tibetan struggle for independence from China, officials said.
Jigme K. Norbu was hit after dark Monday on the side of the unlit highway by an SUV driven by a father who had his two young children with him. The Florida Highway Patrol accident report said Norbu, 45, was walking on the white line in the same direction as traffic, on the southbound side of State Road A1A that runs the length of the state’s Atlantic coast.
The SUV was driven by 31-year-old Keith R. O’Dell of Palm Coast. O’Dell has not been charged.
