Indian Students from Eastern Illinois University killed in Car Accident

Tragedy hit the Indian Community at Eastern Illinois University as 4 Indians were killed in a car accident at St. Louis county, Missouri. The accident occurred early Saturday morning (03/21/2009). The car in which they were traveling was struck by an off-duty suburban St. Louis police officer Christine L. Miller. The officer reportedly was driving in the wrong lane.

Killed were Anusha Anumolu, Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni and Priya Darshini Muppavarapu who were students from India and enrolled in the master's degree program in technology at Eastern Illinois University. Also killed was Veerapaneni's cousin, Satya Chinta, 23, of Aurora, Ill. The car was driven by Veerapaneni's fiancé, Adusumilli, 27, of Ballwin, Mo., who is in critical condition.

Click here to see the crash report. For more details on this tragedy click here.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Anusha, Anitha, Priya, Satya and Adusumilli.

Our Condolences for the Tragic Death of Rajinderpal Singh Dhillon of Oakland Township

Rajinderpal Singh Dhillon (52) of Oakland Township was killed instantly on Monday January 5th, 2009 when a tow truck struck him on I-75 in Oakland County. According to Detroit Free Press

Dhillon was working on his vehicle, the make of which wasn’t immediately available, and had suddenly stepped into the right lane when he was struck by a wrecker driven by a 39-year-old Lansing man around 3:10 p.m. Dhillon was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The incident shut down southbound I-75 between Sashabaw and Joslyn roads in Independence Township for nearly four hours as authorities investigated.

State Police Trooper Jaci Raab said the incident remains under investigation, so it’s not known whether the wrecker driver might face charges.

Services were held last week. Paul Dhillon was a successful Certified Financial Planner and was the Principal of Dhillon Financial. He is survived by his wife and four sons.

6 Indians die in Murder-suicide in Los Angeles

Associated Press is reporting that 45 year old Karthik Rajaram gunned down his wife Subasri(39), his sons Krishna - 19 year old college student, Ganesha(12), Arjuna(7). He also gunned down and his mother-in-law and then committed suicide. This tragedy took place in a gated community in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley.

Deputy Chief Michel Moore told reporters outside the home that

investigators found two suicide letters and a will, and determined that Rajaram held a master's degree and once worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, a major accounting firm, and for Sony Pictures.

But he had been unemployed for several months and his finances had reached a crisis point in recent weeks.

"This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been destroyed, apparently because of a man who just got stuck in a rabbit hole, if you will, of absolute despair," Moore said. "It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some pretty troubled times."

Rajaram wrote in his suicide letter that he felt he had two options — to kill himself or to kill himself and his family — and decided the second option was more honorable, Moore said.

What is so honorable in this? Krishna, Ganesha, Arjuna, their lives being snuffed out at such a young age....one will never know what they could have achieved in their lives or the potential they had. Sad...very sad...