Car Carrying Indian Students Crashes in Ireland, 2 Dead, 2 Injured

Two Indian students lost their lives, while two others are receiving treatment for serious injuries after their car crashed into a tree in southern Ireland.

Victims Identified

Cherekuri Suresh Chowdary and Chithoori Bhargav, two students in their 20s, died at the scene of a fatal road collision in County Carlow on Friday.

Incident Details

As per Superintendent Anthony Farrell from Carlow garda station, the students were travelling in a black Audi A6 when it traversed the road and hit a tree at Graiguenaspiddoge. Authorities believe the car traveled from the Mount Leinster area, through Fenagh, and on to Carlow. All of those in the car are part of our Indian community living together in Carlow town. He expressed his sincere sympathies to the community at this time.

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Injured Passengers and Background

Emergency services took the two injured passengers—a man and a woman in their 20s—to St. Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. The four friends had been sharing a house in the local area and had recently finished third-level education at South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow. according to ‘The Irish Times’. Reports say that one of them worked at the local pharmaceutical company, MSD.

Fundraiser for Funeral Expenses

A family friend, Venkat Vuppala, started a fundraiser for funeral expenses and raised over 25,000 Euros in less than 24 hours. In an online post, he wrote, “We deeply mourn the untimely passing of Bhargav Chitturi and Suresh Cherukuri.” It is with great sorrow that we announce the tragic car accident on January 31 at Carlow, that claimed the lives of these two Indian students from SETU Carlow.

“In this challenging period, we aim to unite in support of their families to help cover funeral costs and other financial challenges they may encounter,” Vuppala’s post read.

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Indian Embassy’s Response

The Indian Embassy in Dublin conveyed its “deepest condolences” on the deaths, adding that it is extending all possible assistance to the two injured persons.