Alexis Cohen, who was an American Idol contestant in seasons 7 and 8, was killed when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in New Jersey on Saturday July 25, 2009. Cohen suffered multiple injuries including head, chest and abdominal. She was found by passersby, only a few hundred feet from her own car, which was parked in a lot. Cohen’s rant at judges on American Idol went viral online.