EDEN PRAIRIE, MN — A Twin Cities family is mourning the loss of a woman who died while on vacation this month. Katie Pudas, 21, of Eden Prairie was killed in a vehicle crash Thursday while sightseeing in northern Vietnam near the Chinese border.

She was traveling throughout southeast Asia with a high school friend. The two were motorbiking when Pudas slide into a car on a wet road.

Pudas, described as a social butterfly, was crowned Eden Prairie High School homecoming queen in 2014, Eden Prairie News reported. She was passionate about politics and women's rights.