4 Indian Students killed, one injured in road accident near St Louis, Missouri, USA

St Louis, Missouri, March 22, 2009
Sudesh Patel

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Adusumilli, 27, of Ballwin, Mo, fiancé of Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni, 23 (2nd in photo) was driving the car with the three Eastern students and Veerapaneni's cousin, Satya Chinta, 23, of Aurora, Ill., when he attempted to make a right turn onto westbound Dougherty Ferry Road, other driver, Christine L. Miller, 41, of Kirkwood, Mo., was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Dougherty Ferry Road struck the right side of his vehicle. The accident occurred on Saturday morning about 1.45am.

Three friends: Priya Darshini Muppavarapu, 22 of Hyderabad; Anitha Lakshmi Veerapaneni, 23, from from Visakhapatnam and Anusha Anumolu, 23 from Vijayawada died in car accident
All were pronounced dead at the scene at 2:15 a.m.

• Three best friends from India came together to the United States for master's degree program in technology at Eastern Illinois University in Illinois
• Photo1: Muppavarapu had also recently become engaged with plans to marry in May 2009.
• Photo2: Veerapaneni had recently become engaged to Netish Adusumilli. They had plans to marry on May 18.
• Photo3: Anumolu was planning to go to India in July to visit her parents.
• Veerapaneni's cousin, Chinta was also pronounced dead at the scene.
• Driver Adusumilli in stable condition
• 2nd driver, St Louis policewoman Chrissy Miller was listed in serious condition

According to the media, an off-duty, reportedly drunken, was driving in the wrong lane. Miller, a 12-year veteran of the Sunset Hills police department and had a clean record. The investigators said the officer was speeding and possibly drunk.