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2 Indian students in the car accident in the USA Pennsylvania, consulate in contact with families | World news

Two Indian students from Cleveland State University were killed in a car accident in Lancaster City in Pennsylvania last week.

Pennsylvania's police said that the two students were killed last week in an accident with an individual vehicle on the turnpike in Brecknock Township. (Representative image/Bloomberg)

The deceased, who was identified as a 20-year-old Manav Patel and the 23-year-old Saurav Prabhakar, met an accident on Saturday, May 10th, an accident when his car fell against a tree and hit a bridge, said officials.

According to the news agency PTI, another passenger was injured in the accident in the front seat of the car in the accident and taken to a local hospital, officers said.

The Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X, “deeply sad to learn about the unfortunate street accident, in which two Indian students from Cleveland State University, Manav Patel and Saurav Prabhakar have lost their lives.”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with their families in this difficult time,” said the consulate, adding that it is in contact with the families of Patel and Prabhakar and has insured them from all possible help during this time.

How did the accident happen?

Patel and Prabhakar were killed on Saturday at 7 a.m. in an accident in Pennsylvania Turnpike in Brecknock Township in Brecknock Township.

According to the forensic doctor of the district and the state police of Pennsylvania, the accident took place on the eastern side of the Pennsylvania gymnastics pike when her car pushed into a tree near the reader exchange and hit a bridge.

The report states that Saurav Prabhakar drove the vehicle at the time of the incident.

The forensic doctor of Lancaster County said that both Patel and Prabhakar died of several traumatic injuries and ruled their death as a random.

Last month, a 21-year-old Indian student, Harsimrat Kaur Randhawa, was killed after she was hit by a stray ball in Canada while waiting on the way to work at a bus stop. Randhawa was a student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Union Minister for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, informed the Lok Sabha in early April in a written answer that at least 91 cases of attacks on Indian students have been reported in the past five years, 30 of whom led to deaths.

While he answered a question of a congress manager, Singh said: “Security and security of Indian students abroad is one of the most important priorities of the Indian government. Indian missions and posts abroad remain vigilant and monitor closely irrepressible incidents against Indian students.

According to data from the Ministry of External Affairs, Canada made the highest number of cases and reported 27 violent attacks, followed by Russia with 15 incidents, Great Britain and Germany with 12 and 11 cases and the USA with nine violent attacks.

Ireland saw four, the Philippines three, Italy three and Iran One reported, and nobody of them led to deaths. Australia recorded four incidents and one of them led to death.

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