Family of teen killed in DUI crash raises money for scholarships for future medical students

A Hillsborough County family has created a scholarship fund in memory of their 16-year-old daughter, who died in a DUI crash last month.

Lexi Ringo was in the passenger’s seat of her mother’s vehicle.

The day after Christmas, the mother and daughter were returning home from golf practice.

Hillsborough County deputies said a 21-year-old drunk driver ran a stop sign and crashed into the family’s car.

The family was just three miles away from home.

“She had a great lesson, and we were on our way home from the lesson,” said Chrissy Ringo, Lexi’s mother.