Daughter of author Michael Lewis one of 2 killed in Tahoe car crash
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Dixie Lewis and Ross Schultz at her graduation from Berkeley High in 2020.Tabitha SorenShow MoreShow Less
The teenage daughter of Berkeley writer Michael Lewis and her boyfriend were both killed Tuesday in a head-on collision on State Route 89 outside of Truckee.
Dixie Lewis, 19, was a passenger in a 2014 Ford Fusion being driven by Ross Schultz, 20, also of Berkeley, when it crossed the center line traveling northbound and crashed into a Freightliner semi truck being driven southbound by a a 45-year-old man from Fernley, Nev. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on 89, which connects Truckee to Tahoe City, north of Cabin Creek Road.