A 26-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean woman, Nancy Tinoziva,  was killed in the US early Sunday morning when the driver of a car in which she was a passenger slammed into a parked tractor trailer, NewZimbabwe.com reported.

Nancy Tinoza of Arlington was killed in the collision which occurred in Northeast D.C. at about 3:12am according to the Metropolitan Police Department.



She was pronounced dead after being transported to the Washington Medical Centre’s trauma unit.

Tinoza worked as a research assistant with the International Monetary Fund, according to her LinkedIn profile, and graduated from the College of Wooster in 2012 through the US Student Achievers Programme (USAP) which places international students in U.S. colleges.

A US$20, 000 Appeal has been launched to fundraise for Nancy's body repatriation Zimbabwe.