Indians die in worst UK road crash |
Eight Indians, including two women, were killed on the spot, and four others injured in a horrific motorway crash in Britain in what is the worst road accident on a UK motorway in 24 years. The crash happened Aug 26 at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire when a minibus carrying a group of Wipro IT professionals and their families collided with two lorries. Three of the Wipro employees were killed while a fourth, who is critically injured, is in a hospital. The driver of the bus, who died too, was an Indian. Both the lorry drivers were arrested on the spot and taken into police custody. They have been charged with causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving. One of them has also been charged with drunken-driving. Among those dead were Wipro employee Karthikeyan Ramasubramaniyam Pugalu and his wife, Wipro employees Rishi Rajeev Kumar and Vivek Bhaskaran. Wipro emploee Mano Ranjan Panneerselvam and his wife Sangeeta are injured but their uncle and parents are dead.Those who survived but were injured are, Karthikeyan and his wife`s five year old daughter, who are reported to be in life threatening condition. The injured include Mano`s aunt.
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