Dalai Lama's nephew hit by car, killed in Fla.

Dalai Lama's nephew hit by car, killed in Fla.


Jigme K. Norbu was on a 300-mile 'Walk for Tibet'

Jigme K. Norbu, 45, was hit by an SUV around 7:30 p.m. on State Road A1A along the state's eastern coast, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
Norbu was on a Valentine's Day "Walk for Tibet" some 300 miles from St. Augustine south to West Palm Beach. He was killed about 25 miles south of St. Augustine.
Norbu was walking along the white line on the side of the dark highway when he was hit. The highway isn't lit. It was unclear why Norbu was walking on the west side of the road, noting there was a sidewalk on the other side.