Elizabeth Durante, of West Islip, N.Y, was killed in a traffic collision on Interstate-395 in Montville, Conn. She was part of a group of Connecticut College students traveling to Uganda on a community service trip through the Asayo’s Wish Foundation.

Elizabeth and seven other Connecticut College students were traveling in a passenger van to Logan Airport for their flight to Uganda when the van was struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on I-395. The other students were taken to area hospitals. All but one have been treated and released.