A New Jersey student was killed in a horrific car accident while on her way home from her college commencement.

Lauren Hewski, an 18-year-old senior at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ, who was also taking credits at nearby Brookdale Community College as part of an advanced program, died in a car crash Thursday in Colts Neck, NJ. She had just been awarded her associate’s degree.