USA: Four Indians burnt to death in Texas road accident, as fire engulfs carpool vehicle in five-car collision

Four Indians die in Texas road mishap
Four Indians die in a road crash. Representative photo courtesy: Pixabay

At least four Indians died in a huge road mishap in Texas, United States, on Friday. According to reports, the victims of the mishap were connected through a carpooling app. It was a massive five-car crash that killed the victims.

According to reports, fire engulfed the vehicle in which the victims were travelling, leading to their deaths. They were reportedly on their way to Bentonville in Arkansas when the accident occurred.

The deceased have been identified as Aryan Raghunath Orampati, of Hyderabad, Farooq Shaik, a friend of Aryan, Lokesh Palacharla, another Telugu speaker and Darshini Vasudevan from Tamil Nadu, reported Deccan Chronicle.

Approximately five vehicles were involved with one vehicle on fire, NBC DFW reported quoting the Collin County Sheriff. The Anna Police Department has started investigating the case.

Mastan Vali, father of Farooq, told The Times of India, “For the last three years, my son had been in the US for his M.S. course, which he completed recently.”

The father of Vasudevan had posted on X a few days ago, tagging Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, pleading for information after he suddenly lost contact with his daughter and the passengers she was travelling with. According to the X post, she was an MS graduate in the US and then was employed there.