Hailey Brouillet, a junior majoring in health sciences and 2011 graduate of Troy High School, died Monday, Oct. 28. She was 20.

The cause was from crash-related injuries sustained in a six car pileup at the corner of Rochester and Hamlin Roads. The accident happened Wednesday, Oct. 23.

Hailey took classes during the summer with OU’s Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) study-abroad consortium.

During that time she studied in Amsterdam and London. She also took side trips to Rome, Barcelona and Scotland.

“She got that confidence, and she gained so much independence from that trip,” Brouillet’s mother, Lori said. “She had that Grizzly pride. She loved Oakland University.”

Hailey also worked the tennis desk at Lifetime Fitness in Rochester Hills and was part of an intramural soccer team.

She had dreamed of being a physical therapist.

Three months ago, Hailey moved in with her friends, Jessica Zacharias and Autumn Hegner.

“We just finished painting our apartment,” Jessica said. “She wanted the doorway to be bright. We each got to pick a color, and she picked yellow. She said ‘I want to come to this apartment happy and I want to leave this apartment happy.’”

“I met Hailey right before Labor Day,” Autumn said. “We didn’t know each other at all before the apartment. She had become one of my best friends. I wish I had told her that.”

Three things on Hailey’s bucket list were to be independent, study abroad and find true love.

“She did them all,” Jessica said. “And she was happy.”

The true love Hailey found was her boyfriend, Dom Gaudino. 

“She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen,” Dom said. “I was lucky to be a part of her life. She was pure. She was perfect. She was the love of my life. She made me happier than I had ever been.”

The couple met on a cruise in April and began dating in August.

Hailey is survived by her parents, Lori and Wayne. She is also survived by her younger sister, Morgan, who, according to their mother, was her best friend.

The visitation for Hailey is Friday, Nov. 1 from 4-8 p.m. at Desmond and Sons on Crooks road in Troy. The funeral service will be held at St. Anastasia in Troy at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. The gathering will take place at 9 a.m. before the service. 

Donations in Hailey’s name can be made to CIEE.