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Time of India
03-08-2025
- Time of India
Four missing Indian senior citizens found dead after car crash in US
Four Indian-origin individuals were discovered dead following a car accident in West Virginia. The Divan family, en route to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, never reached their destination. Their vehicle was found crashed off Big Wheeling Creek Road. Authorities believe the accident occurred after their last known location in Pennsylvania. A search was initiated after a missing persons report was filed. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Four members of an Indian-origin family who went missing during a road trip in the United States were found dead in a car crash, officials in West Virginia confirmed, as reported by The Times of India. The group was headed to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in Moundsville but never arrived at their County Sheriff Mike Dougherty said the vehicle, a Toyota Camry with New York license plates, was discovered around 9:30 pm on August 2. It had crashed off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road in Marshall County, West Virginia. The deceased have been identified as Asha Divan, Kishore Divan, Shailesh Divan, and Gita to the TOI report, the group was last seen on Tuesday at a Burger King on Peach Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, where two of them were captured on CCTV footage entering the building. Their final credit card transaction was also recorded there. Authorities believe the group planned to drive from Pittsburgh to Moundsville, where they had prepaid for a night's stay near the noted that none of the individuals answered calls after Tuesday. Signals from their mobile phones were recorded early Wednesday in Moundsville and Wheeling, around 3 am. A missing persons report was filed in Buffalo, New York, and search efforts intensified later in the week.A helicopter was deployed on Friday to scan the likely travel route. After days of searching, local authorities located the vehicle in a rural area, confirming all four occupants had died in the crash. Investigations into the exact cause are ongoing.(With inputs from TOI)
Economic Times
03-08-2025
- Economic Times
Four missing Indian senior citizens found dead after car crash in US
Four members of an Indian-origin family who went missing during a road trip in the United States were found dead in a car crash, officials in West Virginia confirmed, as reported by The Times of India . The group was headed to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in Moundsville but never arrived at their destination. Marshall County Sheriff Mike Dougherty said the vehicle, a Toyota Camry with New York license plates, was discovered around 9:30 pm on August 2. It had crashed off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road in Marshall County, West Virginia. The deceased have been identified as Asha Divan, Kishore Divan, Shailesh Divan, and Gita Divan. According to the TOI report, the group was last seen on Tuesday at a Burger King on Peach Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, where two of them were captured on CCTV footage entering the building. Their final credit card transaction was also recorded there. Authorities believe the group planned to drive from Pittsburgh to Moundsville, where they had prepaid for a night's stay near the temple. Detectives noted that none of the individuals answered calls after Tuesday. Signals from their mobile phones were recorded early Wednesday in Moundsville and Wheeling, around 3 am. A missing persons report was filed in Buffalo, New York, and search efforts intensified later in the week. A helicopter was deployed on Friday to scan the likely travel route. After days of searching, local authorities located the vehicle in a rural area, confirming all four occupants had died in the crash. Investigations into the exact cause are ongoing. (With inputs from TOI)
Hindustan Times
03-08-2025
- Hindustan Times
Indian family met with car crash around 5 miles from West Virginia destination: Tracing their journey
Four Indian-origin family members, who went missing during their road trip in New York, have been found dead in a tragic car accident, the Marshal County Sheriff's office said in a statement on Sunday. Four Indian-origin family members who went missing during a road trip have been found dead in a tragic car crash.(Facebook/Sibu Nair) Asha Divan (85), Kishore Divan (89), Shailesh Divan (86), and Gita Divan (84) were travelling from Buffalo in New York to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in West Virginia, when they went missing since July 29. The US authorities said that the family died in a car crash near a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road, which was barely five miles from their destination. Also Read: Indian-origin family vanishes on US road trip, CCTV shows last seen at Pennsylvania Burger King The four family members were on a road trip in a 2009 Toyota Camry travelling to Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, a spiritual retreat in Moundsville, West Virginia. They were last seen on July 29 at a Burger King outlet on Peach Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. Tracing their journey The four elderly family members started their journey in a light green Toyota Camry bearing a New York license plate (EKW2611) from Buffalo in New York. They had planned to visit the Palace of Gold on McCreary's Ridge Road in Marshall County in West Virginia. After starting from New York, the family visited a temple in Pittsburgh. The group then headed to Moundsville in West Virginia, where they were supposed to check into Palace Lodge Hotel, before visiting the temple. However, the authorities said that the four never checked into their pre-booked accommodation. The family was spotted at a Burger King on Peach Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. The CCTV footage showed two members of the family entering the fast-food restaurant, marking the last confirmed sighting of the group. Their credit card transaction also confirmed their last location. Also Read: Indian family, on way to US temple, dies in tragic car crash The US authorities said that their vehicle was last detected on a Pennsylvania State Trooper's License Plate Reader while travelling south on I-79 at around 2:45 pm on July 29. The location was around 60 kilometres from their destination. Tragic death The US authorities on Sunday confirmed that the four individuals were found dead in a vehicle crash. Their vehicle was located at around 9:30 pm (local time) on Saturday off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road. The site of the accident was barely five miles from their destination, Prabhupada's Palace of Gold, according to Google Maps navigation. The spiritual retreat in Moundsville was located at the edge of West Virginia, near the border with Pennsylvania. The final half-hour stretch to the temple was known to be a difficult terrain. "The victims have been identified as Dr. Kishore Divan, Mrs. Asha Divan, Mr. Shailesh Divan, and Mrs. Gita Divan. Their vehicle was located on Saturday, August 2, at approximately 9:30 PM, off a steep embankment along Big Wheeling Creek Road. First responders were on the scene for more than five hours," Marshal County Sheriff Mike Dougherty said.
