PHOTO GALLERY: Memorial service for Aditi Avhad held in Memorial Union

August 3, 2012 | 8:57 p.m. CDT

Friends and faculty gathered Friday at Memorial Union to share their memories of Aditi Avhad, who died in a Megabus accident Thursday.

A photo of MU graduate student Aditi Avhad is displayed at a memorial service Friday in Memorial Union. Avhad was killed when a Megabus headed from Chicago to Columbia crashed into a bridge pillar off Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Ill. | Amy Bruer

Nikhil Tndal, left, a friend of Avhad, and Becky Showmaker, International Student Services Coordinator, talk before the memorial service for Aditi Avhad on Friday in Memorial Union. | Amy Bruer

Ranadhir Mitra, adviser for the Cultural Association of India at MU shares his memories of Avhad at a memorial service Friday in Memorial Union. | Amy Bruer

Students listen as friends and faculty share memories at a memorial service for Aditi Avhad on Friday. | Amy Bruer