Hyderabad family of four dies in fiery car crash in Texas after SUV collides head-on with wrong-way truck; all victims burnt to death. Photo/X.
A family of four from Hyderabad India, living in the US, died in a car accident in Texas on Sunday, July 6 after the car caught fire. The crash charred the victims to death, as they were unable to escape their vehicle in time.
Authorities revaled the identity of victims as Venkat Bejugam, also known as Sri Venkat, his wife Tejaswini Cholleti, and their two children, Siddarth and Mrida Bejugam.
TAll four family members were declared deatd at the accident location. The family’s SUV collided head-on with a truck that was reportedly being driven on the wrong side of the road in Greene County, near Dallas.
According to reports, family could not escape from the car after the impact caused the SUV to catch fire.
Viral posts on social media platform X showed a video in which a large SUV can be seen burning in flames. However, the authenticity of the video could not be verified independently by NewsX.
The bodies were charred to the extent thatonly skeletal remains were recovered by the time fire crews managed to extinguish the blaze.
The Bejugam family had been living in the US for some time now. They resided in Sutton Fields in Aubrey, near Dallas and on the day of accident they were on their way back to Dallas after spending a week visiting extended family in Atlanta. The crash occurred near their home.
Reports said the family originally hailed from Secunderabad, a city in Hyderabad in India.
The repartation arrangements of the family are being carried on by a welfare organization called TEAM Aid in close cooperatiom with local authorities and the Indian Consulate, according to the reports.
Texas has seen an uotick in the number of accidents involving Indians living there. Last year, four Indian nationals were killed in Anna, Texas, when a speeding truck crashed into their SUV from behind. The car catched flames and the four were not able to escape. Just a month earlier, an Indian couple and their daughter died in a car fire after an accident in Texas, though their son survived the crash.
Zubair Amin is a Senior Journalist at NewsX with over seven years of experience in reporting and editorial work. He has written for leading national and international publications, including Foreign Policy Magazine, Al Jazeera, The Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Wire, Article 14, Mongabay, News9, among others. His primary focus is on international affairs, with a strong interest in US politics and policy. He also writes on West Asia, Indian polity, and constitutional issues. Zubair tweets at zubaiyr.amin
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