Tragic Crash Kills Young Members of Tour Group Traveling from Philadelphia
Just a few years ago, five members of the Philadelphia area and Indian-American community were killed in a car crash in Erie County Pennsylvania. The friends were headed north to visit Niagara Falls in New York when a tragic car crash occurred.
A minivan riding along the same roadway spun out of control in West Springfield, Ohio, just above the Pennsylvania-Ohio border on the Saturday morning of the crash. According to reports, the minivan collided into the car of the victims after flipping over and crashing into another car coming from the opposite direction.
The driver of the minivan, Kaushik Deb, 26, a resident of Troy, Michigan, was killed immediately on impact. Five of the six passengers who were en route to Niagara Falls from the Philadelphia area were also killed immediately in the car crash.
Police identified the young Philadelphia area victims as Manoj Jharia, 35; Mili Jharia, 28; Nitin Agarwal, 29; Swati Agarwal, 25 and Shubham Choudory, 24. The lone survivor of the crash, Nitin Gupta, 28, was miraculously uninjured in the wreck other than minor cuts and scrapes. The driver and on passenger from the third car involved in the crash, Gupta and Melanie Cesnick, both 25, were transported to a Northeast Pennsylvania area hospital and released.
Sadly, all of those injured and killed in the tragic crash were traveling alongside each other in what was supposed to be a joyous occasion. A friend of the victims later told reporters that a group of 13 was caravanning on a trip to the popular tourist destination to see the falls. Members of the Indian community as well as Philadelphia area neighbors of the young people killed were stunned and saddened, demanding an investigation into accident.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident, it is important to investigate and to contact a Philadelphia injury lawyer find out whether you may be entitled to compensation.
