Five people hailing from Andhra Pradesh died in a car accident late on Thursday in Oklahoma City, U.S., according to reports.
Though the U.S. authorities are yet to announce the victims’ names, they are believed to be Jaswanth Reddy Subbayyagari, Phanindra Gade, Anurag Anthati, Srinivas Ravi and Venkat. All of them were software professionals.
Only Venkat was married, while the others had recently graduated from U.S. universities and taken up employment, the executive vice-president of the Telugu Association of North America told The Hindu over phone from the U.S.
TANA is making efforts to find out where the victims hailed from. A friend of the deceased identified them. The association is making arrangements to send the bodies to India at the earliest.
One of the main reason for this tragic accident is high speed, negligence, not following the rules and ofcourse toxication.
One should have common sense rather than a lobbyist forcing car manufacturers to reduce speed capabilities of all cars, that's shows we are using our brains less and less and depends more and more on machines.
I deeply sympathise with victims family members. I wish this never happened.
yes whenever i read the saddest news of youngsters killed either in accidents or in shootouts it is from Andhra. Something wrong somewhere.
I felt agonized about this.What might be happened in US whether any accuse going to conspire to do that.No matter that,we agreed it had an accident but past from years we have been so many victims who had lost their lives.using high speed in traffic is panic to life.May be they were not wear the seat belts during their journey.The people should be very careful whenever they were outside,because the life is the one we can't get, if it goes to end.
@Sushil. This is extremely tragic. Can't imagine what the families are going thru'. I feel exactly the same way you stated. The highest frequency of news concerning indian student deaths in the US are always , if not mostly Adhraites. I have always wondered about that but didn't want to be judgmental. One plausible reason is that andhraite population is large compared to other indians in USA and so we feel that way. But others have suggested that it is a consequence of being at the wrong time in the wrong place and perhaps engaged in the wrong thing. I understand there are unfortunate incidents as well.
In USA, the speed limit in freeways varies by State. It can range anywhere from 50 MPH to 75 MPH. Car manufacturers have no control over that!
In my experience, most of the crashes with people from AP happened with young students (who generally do not own a car, and rent them on per trip basis) and also during late night or early morning drives. Our people never want to stay in a hotel en-route during night drive, instead taking the risk of losing their lives. All these three categories are most vulnerable to meet with accidents. We should be proud of TANA for making arrangements to bring the remains back home.
Negligence. Car makers don't need to regulate themselves if the driver
and passengers are careless. The fact we may get into a car on a drive
to our death is all in one man's hands. People need to realize for the
sake of living that seat belts save lives and who knows, maybe at least
one person might have survived the crash.
This is very sad. Can't imagine the plight of their parents. None of them were wearing seat belts?. Rules are there for a reason. Sadly there is nothing 'techie' about them.
Sad; our condolences to the families...
Too many young Indian students and professionals underestimate the dangers of driving when tired, sleepy or forget to buckle in their seatbelts.... small things can make a big difference at these speeds.... unlike India, where speeds are lower and drivers can make adjustments, in the US swerving at the last minute is very dangerous....
It is unfortunate that the Indian migrants indulge in activities alien to them even before they
get to know the nitty gritty of the local situations. Drunken driving and high speed driving are
dangerous anywhere in the world and USA is no exception. I have seen many Indians driving
far in excess of permitted speed on the roads in many parts of USA and this is bound to
result in casualties. Andhrites seem to figure in most of these because they are large in
numbers as compared to others and in fact they constitute more than 55 percent of the
Indians working in IT sector.
I am deeply saddened to have read what has happened to these five
young people. I cannot even imagine what their loved ones are thinking
back in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Other NEWS reports suggest that none of the five Indians were wearing
seat-belts. Surely, with all of today's technological advancement
there must be an easy solution which incorporates the mandatory
wearing of seat-belts prior to anyone starting the engine.
I would hope that this tragic accident will raise awareness to why so
many people die particularly young people on the roads worldwide.
Why are we readily accepting this as some kind of an inevitability --
as if to suggest that is is an acceptable consequence of getting into
a car and going somewhere? This is not even touching the questions of
the hundreds of thousands who survive but are left badly crippled
Should this accident create a lobby group to force car manufacturers
to reduce the speed capability of all cars down to a maximum of 50
mph, or 80 kph?
Some thing about Andhra students in America. Every time there is a news
about an Indian student killed, in whatever way, homicide, suicide,
accient, he is invariably from Andhra. Are Andhraites more vulnerable
than the rest of us.
With all the aspiration , when one travels half the earth to lead a prosperous and a
better life, but only to meet the evil fate in a remote land is damn tragic. I cannot
imagine the fate of the bereaved families. I pray for these souls whose journey was
cut too short. Rest in Peace my dear patriots.
--Venky
Sad incident. But the recurring story in these accidents, including this one, is none of them were wearing seat belts.
Perhaps U.S. states should stop honoring Indian Union driving licenses or international driving licenses from India, and insist on repeat taking a driving course, and a test in U.S. before being licensed. Hopefully, they will learn the importance of seat belts, driving within speed limits, and other safety precautions before starting to drive in U.S.A.
Why do you insist on calling these young Indians 'techies'?
R.I.P! Our people neither respect traffic rules nor learn from life
costing mistakes. Safety takes a back seat. I still wonder how 5 guys
travelled in a Camaro!
thanks to T.A.N.A for helping the parents in knowing the news
immediately after the mishap i pray god to give heaven for the souls AND
MY DEPP CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES
Very sad to hear this and deepest condolence to their family and friends. Greatly appreciate the TANA effort and help on these situations.
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