Among the four victims are Darshini Vasudevan from Tamil Nadu and Aryan Raghunath Orampati from Hyderabad.
New Delhi: A severe collision involving five vehicles in Texas has claimed the lives of four Indians, including a woman. The victims were traveling to Bentonville, Arkansas, on Friday when the tragedy occurred. They had met using a carpooling app. Their corpses were scorched, and the SUV they were in caught fire as a result of the collision. DNA testing is being used by the authorities to verify their identities.
Aryan Raghunath Orampati, Dharshini Vasudevan, Farooq Shaik, and Lokesh Palacharla are the victims. Orampati was on his way back from seeing his cousin in Dallas with his friend Shaik. To meet his bride, Lokesh Palacharla was making his way to Bentonville.
“Greetings, Sir With her Indian passport bearing number T6215559, my daughter Dharshini Vasudevan has been studying for two years and working for one year in the United States. She currently resides at 3150 Avenue of the Stars, Apt. 1110, Frisco, Texas 75034.
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“Yesterday evening she took a car pooling along with 3 others around 3pm till 4pm she was actively messaging and reachable on phone after 4pm no further contacts could be established with her as well other 3 people who were travelling with her,” he added in the post.
Max Agri Genetics Private Limited is a Hyderabad-based company owned by Orampati’s father, Subhash Chandra Reddy. In Coimbatore, at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Aryan earned his engineering degree.
Shaik, a friend of Orampati, was also from Hyderabad and resided in Bentonville. Tamil Nadu native Darshini was a resident of Frisco, Texas.
Masthan Vali, the father of Farooq Shaik, stated that he visited the US three years ago. “He traveled to the US to finish his master’s degree. He just completed it.” The family of Mr. Vali, a retired private employee, resides in BHEL Hyderabad. “My daughter also lives in US and is handling the situation.”
Reportedly, the victims’ SUV was rear-ended by a fast truck. Every everyone inside the car perished from burns when the car caught fire. To verify the identities, the police are depending on teeth and bone remnants as well as DNA fingerprinting.
