ROLLA — Four students from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla died and a fifth was injured in a car accident near Iberia. The university announced Monday that the Sunday morning accident occurred on Missouri 42 when a car driven by one of the students crossed the center line and was struck by another car. The driver, 22-year-old Murali Bottu, of Chittoor, India, was seriously injured. He graduated Friday night with a master's degree in electrical engineering. Four passengers in his car, all from India, were dead at the scene. The victims were 24-year-old Srupen Reddy Velumula; 22-year-old Sri Harsha Chitturi; 21-year-old Srikanth Ravi; and 23-year-old Dheeraj Gudlawar.
Four Missouri S&T students killed in accident
Monday, May 9, 2011 | 10:29 a.m. CDT
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