Pepperdine students killed on Pacific Coast Highway brought 'light ...

The four Pepperdine University students struck and killed onthe side of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, on Tuesday are being remembered for their hard work and positivity.

Vinita Weir — whose only daughter, Asha Weir, was killed, along with Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart and Deslyn Williams, when, authorities said, a 22-year-old driver lost control of his sedan — said Thursday that Pepperdine should be proud of the young women because they represented the school's values impeccably.

They were all seniors and members of the Alpha Phi sorority. 

Asha Weir, Rolston and Stewart were also roommates, said Vinita Weir, who was traveling Thursday from her home in Skippack, Pennsylvania, to Los Angeles.

Asha Weir was born on May 29, 2002, in Ireland, where her family lived until 2012, when they moved to the United States.

She had two brothers — Michael, 23, and Jamie, who just turned 15. She made a surprise visit home this past weekend to celebrate his birthday.

"I dropped her to Philadelphia airport on Tuesday morning and she told me she didn't really want to go back this time but was excited to be coming home again at Thanksgiving," Vinita Weir said. "I miss her and don't know how to do life without her."

Asha Weir knew how to live life to the fullest and "was an amazing daughter and sister," her mom said.

Asha Weir loved Pepperdine and worked hard to get accepted to the private university, her mother said. She majored in English and was looking forward to graduating in the spring. She was considering working in the U.K. afterward.

"She had the biggest heart, a beautiful soul, an empath always caring for others and carrying their burdens," Vinita Weir said.

Barry Stewart, 59, of Tierra Verde, Florida, remembered his daughter Thursday night as a "go-getter," world traveler and a foodie with a refined palette.

Peyton Stewart was "obsessed with eating sushi when she was 5-years-old," he said. “She was on a very good track … career-wise and socially. Good friends. Good habits. She didn’t get into any sort of trouble. ... For somebody like that to be taken away so young is hard to comprehend.”

Stewart said his 21-year-old daughter who was studying business accomplished many feats almost entirely on her own, including getting into her dream university, and landing multiple internships during her time at Pepperdine, including working for TikTok in Austin, Texas.