Four young people were killed in a road accident involving multiple vehicles in the US, family members of two victims said in Hyderabad.
The victims from Hyderabad were identified as Aryan Raghunath Orampatti from Kukatpally and his friend Farooq Sheikh.
The other people in the car were Lokesh Palacharla, another Telugu student, and Darshini Vasudev from Tamil Nadu. They were carpooling after using an app.
Five vehicles were impacted in the crash which occurred on the northbound US 75 just past White Street at Anna near Dallas on Friday afternoon.
A truck travelling at a high speed rear-ended the SUV, which caught fire, trapping the four inside, killing them on the spot.
Aryan Orampatti and Farooq Sheikh had just visited the former’s cousin in Dallas. Palacharla was heading to Bentonville to reunite with his wife. Darshini Vasudev, a postgraduate from the University of Texas, was on her way to visit her uncle in Arkansas.
A friend of Aryan’s father on Wednesday said here that four people including Aryan and his friend Farooq were travelling in the vehicle using a carpooling app.
Aryan’s parents left for the US after a relative informed them about the accident on Saturday, PTI reported.
Aryan had left for the US from India after completing his engineering degree to pursue MS and his parents had attended his convocation in May, a member of his family said.
Aryan wanted to work in the US for two years and then return to India.
Farooq's father Mastan Vali, also from Hyderabad, told PTI that he was informed on Saturday that an overspeeding truck hit the vehicle in which his son and three other Indians including Aryan were travelling.
"Some friends of Farooq had informed my daughter, who lives in the US about the accident. She informed me about it on Saturday. My daughter is following up with authorities there," Mastan Vali said, adding they were planning to bring Farooq's mortal remains to Hyderabad.
Farooq had left for the US in August 2021 from here and was working after completing his MS, his father said.
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