A brand-new Miami Heat dancer was killed when the motorcycle she was riding collided with a car, The Miami Herald reported.
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Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, a 22-year-old native of Nicaragua, had just signed on for her first season as a Heat dancer.
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<script type="text/javascript"> <!--// getImgSize("http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/09/12/091210-NBA-Miami-Heat-dancer-IA_20100912212844_0_0.JPG"); //--> </script> Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, 22, of Plantation, Fla., was riding her 2003 Suzuki GSX R in Fort Lauderdale when the crash occurred at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
According to police, Mario Careaga of Fort Lauderdale had been driving his 2009 Mercedes behind Lopez-Ruiz. The car hit a median, then struck the motorcycle, knocking Lopez-Ruiz off the bike. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police opened a drunk driving investigation of Careaga, whose age was not known, The Herald reported.
Lopez-Ruiz had just signed on to dance with the Heat this season.
Eric Woolworth, president of business operations for the Heat, called Lopez-Ruiz ‘‘a lovely young woman with an upbeat personality."
Lopez-Ruiz, a native of Nicaragua, moved to the United States as an infant and graduated from high school in Bradenton, Fla.
Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, a 22-year-old native of Nicaragua, had just signed on for her first season as a Heat dancer.
FOXNews.com
<script type="text/javascript"> <!--// getImgSize("http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/09/12/091210-NBA-Miami-Heat-dancer-IA_20100912212844_0_0.JPG"); //--> </script> Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, 22, of Plantation, Fla., was riding her 2003 Suzuki GSX R in Fort Lauderdale when the crash occurred at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
According to police, Mario Careaga of Fort Lauderdale had been driving his 2009 Mercedes behind Lopez-Ruiz. The car hit a median, then struck the motorcycle, knocking Lopez-Ruiz off the bike. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police opened a drunk driving investigation of Careaga, whose age was not known, The Herald reported.
Lopez-Ruiz had just signed on to dance with the Heat this season.
Eric Woolworth, president of business operations for the Heat, called Lopez-Ruiz ‘‘a lovely young woman with an upbeat personality."
Lopez-Ruiz, a native of Nicaragua, moved to the United States as an infant and graduated from high school in Bradenton, Fla.
