Four Nepali youths were killed when a car they were traveling in collided with another vehicle in Texas, United States, on Friday, reports said Saturday.
The accident took place when a car, which was trying to pass another vehicle, hit the car the Nepalese were in, reports said.
Among the victims, Amrit Dhital, 21, Pralhad Gurung, 22 and Puskar Acharya 21 died on the spot while Subash Gurung, 20, was pronounced dead in Fairfield Regional Hospital in Fairfield, the online edition of Waco Tribute Herald reported Saturday quoting the Department of Public Safety spokesman.
The four were in a rental 2005 Dodge Stratus heading northbound on US Highway 79 from Houston, to Tyler, while they collided with Betty Langford’s 2004 Jaguar heading southbound. Mrs Langford had attempted to pass another vehicle (on a bridge) and hit the 2005 Dodge Stratus carrying the Nepali students, according to the Department of Public Safety spokesman.
Subash Gurung, Pralad Gurung and Amrit Dhital were students at San Jacinto College, Houston, while Pukar Acharya was a student at the University of Texas, Tyler, the Nepalese Association of Houston said.
The Association added that all four had arrived in the US on January 2004 from Nobel Institute. Amrit resided in Banepa, Dhulikhel, Subash in Bijuli Bazar, Baneswor, Pukar in Battish Putali, and Pralhad in Bansbari, in Kathmandu. They were previously students at Lewis Clark State College, Lewingston, Idaho. Subash and Pralhad Gurung had transferred to Houston after the summer of 2004. Amrit had transferred at a later date, the Association added.
Mrs Langford was also killed.
This is the second deadly accident involving Nepalis in the US in less than a week. Three Nepali students had died in a similar car accident in southern Minnesota on January 4.