3 of Telangana family killed in US car crash

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Mar 18, 2025, 10:39 IST

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In Osceola County, Florida, a head-on collision killed three members of a family from Telangana, including a five-year-old boy. A pickup truck driving on the wrong side caused the crash. The victims were Pragathi Reddy, her mother-in-law Suneetha, and her son Arvin. Pragathi’s husband Rohit and their infant son survived with injuries.

3 of Telangana family killed in US car crash

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HYDERABAD: Three members of a family, including a five-year-old boy, from Telangana's Ranga Reddy district were killed in a road accident in Osceola County, Florida, in the US on Sunday.
The crash occurred when a pickup truck, which was driving on the wrong side of the road, collided head-on with the SUV the victims were travelling in.
The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Pragathi Reddy, her 56-year-old mother-in-law Suneetha, and five-year-old son Arvin. Pragathi's husband Rohit Reddy, 34, who was driving the SUV, and their nine-month-old son escaped with injuries. Pragathi was the second daughter of former MPTC member Mohan Reddy and former sarpanch Pavitra Devi, associated with the BRS. The family hails from Tekulapalli village in Shadnagar constituency.
The accident occurred at 2.50 pm between Kenansville Road and Yates Ranch Road, and under the impact of the collision, the SUV overturned after it veered off the road.

Pragathi and Suneetha, who were occupants in the Toyota, were pronounced dead at the scene, while Arvin was declared dead at a hospital. Florida highway patrol troopers said the pickup truck was travelling the wrong way and into the direct path of the SUV.
Pragathi went to the US in 2012 and completed her MS. The couple married in Dec 2016. Rohit belongs to Bakricheprial village in Siddipet district, and the family had been residing in the US for the past 13 years.
Mohan Reddy and Pavitra Devi are leaving for the US, where the last rites will be performed, it is learnt.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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