ATLANTA — She was an ambitious college student who even appeared in the reboot of the well-known show A Different World. But now Clark Atlanta University student, 21-year-old Morgan Gamble, is no longer alive after police say a driver drove nearly 100 miles per hour and hit and killed her.
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The crash happened Tuesday night around 11 on Hank Aaron Drive and Glenn Street near the old Braves stadium in Atlanta.
Channel 2’s Tom Jones spoke to Morgan Gamble’s family about her life and dreams.
“She knew what she wanted from day one. I think coming out of the womb. She wanted to produce, and she did it,” Brandi Gamble, the victim’s mother, said.
The family says the 21-year-old developed a love for producing after her father encouraged her to study the career of super producer Shonda Rhimes.
The CAU student began producing short films, bios and documentaries.
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She even put on her producer hat at family functions.
“Morgan was the producer of the family. Holidays. Talent shows,” her mother said.
The Mass Media Arts senior was even a student producer assistant on the reboot of the show ”A Different World" and even got a cameo to be in that first episode,” her father, George Gamble, said.
Morgan Gamble was going places until Tuesday night.
Atlanta police say Nikolai Dunford drove nearly 95 miles per hour and slammed into her car.
Students who live nearby heard the crash.
“It was a very brutal sound. We all rushed out to see if we could aid in any way,” Kayla Starks said.
Morgan Gamble died from her injuries.
Dunford now faces vehicular homicide, reckless driving and speeding.
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Morgan Gamble’s parents are grieving and can’t understand how this happened.
“I can’t imagine how you can drive 95 miles an hour in such a residential 35-mile-per-hour zone,” the victim’s father said.
The speed limit is actually 30 miles per hour.
“Senseless. I mean, why?” Brandi Gamble asked.
They want justice for Morgan.
“He deserves whatever it is justice will give him,” Brandi Gamble said.
Dunford was recently booked into the Fulton County jail.
The victim’s father said he wants to drive through the crash scene just to see what Dunford was thinking.
Students who live in the area say they would like to see a traffic light at Hank Aaron and Glenn to help slow drivers down.