Road accident kills three Indians in Texas

THREE members of a family from southern Indian state of Telangana killed while three others injured in a tragic road accident near Lubbock in Texas on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as G Narayana Reddy, 56, state transport corporation staff member in Hyderabad, his wife Lakshmi,49, a homemaker and their son Bharat Reddy, 27, a software engineer in Dallas.

Reddy's daughter Mounika, 29, also a techie in Dallas, sustained injuries and was undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Lubbock.

‘There were two other members of another Telugu family, – Sai Praneeth and another girl, both in their 20s, in the car, when the accident took place. The condition of Sai Praneeth is said to be critical, while the other girl is recovering,' Hindustan Times quoted Reddy's nephew G Yugandhar Reddy, as saying.

According to the information obtained by Reddy's family members in India, the accident occurred late on Friday night at Texas local time near a hill closer to Lubbock city.

‘We do not know exactly where they were going or coming from. My uncle has two children – son and daughter. Now, only the daughter is alive. Unless she gains consciousness, the details of the accident will not be known,' Reddy's nephew G Yugandhar Reddy told the Indian daily.

‘Since there are stringent restrictions for Covid-19 there, others are not being allowed. My two other cousins (of a different family), who are also working in the US, are reaching the hospital to get the first-hand information,' he said.

Reddy and his wife left for the US in July this year in Vande Bharat flights, following the request from their children who were forced to work from home because of the Covid-19 pandemic.