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UW student killed in Hong Kong

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, November 10, 2008 - 8:38 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) A University of Wisconsin-Madison student was struck and killed while studying abroad.

Authorities say 21-year-old Kurt Leswing of Milwaukee was hit by a drunken driver in Hong Kong. The driver was arrested.

Leswing was a senior business major traveling as part of the Semester at Sea program. It sends students on a 15-week voyage that circles the globe.

The U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong and the Institute for Shipboard Education are investigating Friday's death.

A shipboard commemoration is being planned.

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janesvillean
Nov 10, 2008 at 2:37 p.m.
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Anywhere you have cars and alcohol you have drunk driving. Hong Kong's population is slightly larger than Wisconsin's (7M vs. 6M, roughly) but they have 1/3 the annual alcohol-related traffic fatalities.

gabby06
Nov 10, 2008 at 10:08 a.m.
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Looks like the US isn't the only one with that problem. I'm sorry for his family and friends. This has to be horrible for them. He went away to have a great time and see the world and some driver who drove drunk took that away from him. Hopefully they have stiffer laws there than they do in Wi.

lakennedy
Nov 10, 2008 at 8:41 a.m.
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Awful. My thoughts go out to his family and friends.

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