Sunday, May 11, 2008 (West Springfield, Pennsylvania)
Six citizens of India who were on their way to visit Niagara Falls were killed when their mini van spun out of control and was hit by an oncoming car on a Pennsylvania highway, police said on Sunday.Four of those killed worked at the Troy, Michigan-based Syntel Inc, an information technology company, and two were spouses of employees, company spokesperson Jonathan James said on Sunday.The mini van had just crossed the Pennsylvania-Ohio border on Saturday afternoon when it crossed the highway median and began flipping and rolling, coming to rest on its roof, authorities said.It was then struck by an oncoming westbound car, whose driver was treated at a hospital and released on Saturday night, said Kevin Havern, police official.The mini van driver Kaushik Deb, 26, of Troy, Michigan, in suburban Detroit died on impact. The passengers killed were Manoj Jharia, 35; Mili Jharia, 28; Nitin Agarwal, 29; Swati Agarwal, 25; and Shubham Choudory, 24. The Jharias and Aggarwals were married, police said.The sole survivor in the mini van, Nitin Gupta, 28, was sitting in the front passenger seat, Havern said. He was also treated and released from a hospital on Saturday.State police said they had not determined what caused the accident.Syntel has 27 offices and 12,000 employees worldwide and 2007 revenues of $ 337.7 million, according to its website.
Six citizens of India who were on their way to visit Niagara Falls were killed when their mini van spun out of control and was hit by an oncoming car on a Pennsylvania highway, police said on Sunday.Four of those killed worked at the Troy, Michigan-based Syntel Inc, an information technology company, and two were spouses of employees, company spokesperson Jonathan James said on Sunday.The mini van had just crossed the Pennsylvania-Ohio border on Saturday afternoon when it crossed the highway median and began flipping and rolling, coming to rest on its roof, authorities said.It was then struck by an oncoming westbound car, whose driver was treated at a hospital and released on Saturday night, said Kevin Havern, police official.The mini van driver Kaushik Deb, 26, of Troy, Michigan, in suburban Detroit died on impact. The passengers killed were Manoj Jharia, 35; Mili Jharia, 28; Nitin Agarwal, 29; Swati Agarwal, 25; and Shubham Choudory, 24. The Jharias and Aggarwals were married, police said.The sole survivor in the mini van, Nitin Gupta, 28, was sitting in the front passenger seat, Havern said. He was also treated and released from a hospital on Saturday.State police said they had not determined what caused the accident.Syntel has 27 offices and 12,000 employees worldwide and 2007 revenues of $ 337.7 million, according to its website.
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