New York: In a tragic incident, three students from India died in a road accident after the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in western Massachusetts.
Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, 27, Pavani Gullapally 22 and Sai Narasimha Patamsetti 22, died on scene of the collision, Berkshire District Attorney's Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Massachusetts state and local police are investigating the two-vehicle motor vehicle collision that killed the three students and hospitalised five other people. At approximately 5:30 am, a northbound car and a southbound vehicle collided.
Four other occupants in the car 23-year-old Manoj Reddy Donda, 22-year-old Sridhar Reddy Chinthakunta, 23-year-old Vijith Reddy Gummala, and 22-year-old Hima Ishwarya Siddireddy, were transported to Berkshire Medical Center for treatment.
Law enforcement authorities identified the occupants of the car as international college students.