Apr 25, 2007 7:06 pm US/Eastern
Student From Mahwah Killed In Fiery Mass. Crash
(CBS News) WELLESLEY, Mass. A fiery crash in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has claimed the lives of two Babson College students, including one from Mahwah. The New Jersey victim has been identified as 19-year-old Angad Sawhney. Police and witnesses say a Porsche went out of control late last night, struck a tree and burst into flames. Police say speed may have been a factor in the crash. Babson College canceled early morning classes and planned a campus-wide gathering.
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The Boston Globe
Two college students die in overnight crash
April 25, 2007
WELLESLEY, Mass. --A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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April 25, 2007
WELLESLEY, Mass. --A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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Two college students killed in fiery crash in Wellesley
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said. 
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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The Boston Globe
Babson mourns crash victims
2 sophomores dead after car struck tree
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
April 26, 2007
2 sophomores dead after car struck tree
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff
April 26, 2007
WELLESLEY -- There was sadness in Daniella Gubara's face yesterday as she walked away from the chapel at Babson College, where students had gathered to remember two classmates who perished in a fiery car crash. 
"We all feel sad. We all feel confused," the Babson freshman said softly. "Surprised. Shocked. It makes us remember what we have. It makes us say thanks for being here."
The campus was mourning the two popular sophomores, who were killed in the single-car crash at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, less than a half-mile from campus.
Authorities said 20-year-old Ishfaq Moinuddin of Dhaka, Bangladesh, was driving a Porsche Cayman that hit a large tree on Forest Street.
His passenger was identified by Wellesley police as 19-year-old Angad Sawhney of Mahwah, N.J.
A friend said Moinuddin loved the car, but never bragged about it.
Wellesley police said Moinuddin was behind the wheel and apparently speeding down Forest Street, a winding residential way that leads directly to the Babson campus, when he lost control near Allen Road.
The vehicle bounced off several trees before it smashed into a large tree, spun around, and came to rest on a front lawn with its headlights pointing into the street, witnesses said.
Then it burst into flames.
Owen Dugan, a Wellesley selectman who lives on Forest Street, said he ran outside when he heard the crash.
"There wasn't anything that could be done to save those people," said Dugan, who described 8-foot flames rising above the roof of the crumpled car. "It was a complete inferno."
He said there were pieces of the vehicle in the tree branches above the wreck.
A preliminary investigation found that the car was speeding on a stretch of road a few blocks from the business school where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour, said Chief Terrence M. Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department.
Moinuddin and Sawhney had been out to dinner with other students who returned to campus in another car.
Investigators have spoken to the students in the other car and it does not appear they were drinking alcohol or drag racing on the way home, Cunningham said.
He said the other students "came upon the crash themselves."
When Dugan came upon the burning vehicle, he said, some college-age men and women were frantically yelling for the car's occupants to be rescued .
"Get them out!" they yelled, Dugan said. "Get them out!"
The next day, after the wreckage was cleared, somber students came by in groups, ringing the tree with an array of white roses and mums.
In February, Moinuddin was ticketed for speeding in Wellesley, according to Registry of Motor Vehicles records.
The Wellesley fatalities occurred after last weekend's horrific crash in Leicester that killed three high school students and a University of New Hampshire student and left another high school student hospitalized with serious injuries.
Investigators had cited speed as a factor in that accident.
A Babson College administrator described Moinuddin and Sawhney as popular, outgoing, and extremely focused young men.
The college organized a "community gathering" in memory of the two men yesterday afternoon and more than 600 of the 1,700-member student body attended, said Dennis Hanno, dean of undergraduate students.
Those closest to the victims declined to speak yesterday. Relatives of both men, including Sawhney's father, were on campus, but could not be reached for comment.
Hanno, citing conversations with students friendly with the two men, said Moinuddin was from a successful family in Dhaka and was planning, upon graduation, to return to Bangladesh to work with his family.
Sawhney, though only a sophomore, had earned an internship at an investment firm this summer, Hanno said , adding: "That's quite a coup for a sophomore."
News of the deaths spread quickly Tuesday night, and some 100 students, many with connections to South Asia , gathered for mutual comfort overnight at the chapel, Hanno said.
Both men were active in the South Asian student organization, Hanno said.
"It's a community within a community," he said.
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Flowers ringed the tree yesterday that a Babson student struck in his Porsche Tuesday. (George Rizer/ Globe Staff)
"We all feel sad. We all feel confused," the Babson freshman said softly. "Surprised. Shocked. It makes us remember what we have. It makes us say thanks for being here."
The campus was mourning the two popular sophomores, who were killed in the single-car crash at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, less than a half-mile from campus.
Authorities said 20-year-old Ishfaq Moinuddin of Dhaka, Bangladesh, was driving a Porsche Cayman that hit a large tree on Forest Street.
His passenger was identified by Wellesley police as 19-year-old Angad Sawhney of Mahwah, N.J.
A friend said Moinuddin loved the car, but never bragged about it.
Wellesley police said Moinuddin was behind the wheel and apparently speeding down Forest Street, a winding residential way that leads directly to the Babson campus, when he lost control near Allen Road.
The vehicle bounced off several trees before it smashed into a large tree, spun around, and came to rest on a front lawn with its headlights pointing into the street, witnesses said.
Then it burst into flames.
Owen Dugan, a Wellesley selectman who lives on Forest Street, said he ran outside when he heard the crash.
"There wasn't anything that could be done to save those people," said Dugan, who described 8-foot flames rising above the roof of the crumpled car. "It was a complete inferno."
He said there were pieces of the vehicle in the tree branches above the wreck.
A preliminary investigation found that the car was speeding on a stretch of road a few blocks from the business school where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour, said Chief Terrence M. Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department.
Moinuddin and Sawhney had been out to dinner with other students who returned to campus in another car.
Investigators have spoken to the students in the other car and it does not appear they were drinking alcohol or drag racing on the way home, Cunningham said.
He said the other students "came upon the crash themselves."
When Dugan came upon the burning vehicle, he said, some college-age men and women were frantically yelling for the car's occupants to be rescued .
"Get them out!" they yelled, Dugan said. "Get them out!"
The next day, after the wreckage was cleared, somber students came by in groups, ringing the tree with an array of white roses and mums.
In February, Moinuddin was ticketed for speeding in Wellesley, according to Registry of Motor Vehicles records.
The Wellesley fatalities occurred after last weekend's horrific crash in Leicester that killed three high school students and a University of New Hampshire student and left another high school student hospitalized with serious injuries.
Investigators had cited speed as a factor in that accident.
A Babson College administrator described Moinuddin and Sawhney as popular, outgoing, and extremely focused young men.
The college organized a "community gathering" in memory of the two men yesterday afternoon and more than 600 of the 1,700-member student body attended, said Dennis Hanno, dean of undergraduate students.
Those closest to the victims declined to speak yesterday. Relatives of both men, including Sawhney's father, were on campus, but could not be reached for comment.
Hanno, citing conversations with students friendly with the two men, said Moinuddin was from a successful family in Dhaka and was planning, upon graduation, to return to Bangladesh to work with his family.
Sawhney, though only a sophomore, had earned an internship at an investment firm this summer, Hanno said , adding: "That's quite a coup for a sophomore."
News of the deaths spread quickly Tuesday night, and some 100 students, many with connections to South Asia , gathered for mutual comfort overnight at the chapel, Hanno said.
Both men were active in the South Asian student organization, Hanno said.
"It's a community within a community," he said.
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Flowers ringed the tree yesterday that a Babson student struck in his Porsche Tuesday. (George Rizer/ Globe Staff)
The Boston Herald
Two college students die in overnight crash
By Associated Press
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Updated: 12:07 PM
ESTWELLESLEY - A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Updated: 12:07 PM
ESTWELLESLEY - A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.
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The Boston Herald
Two college students die in overnight crash
By Associated Press
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Updated: 12:07 PM
ESTWELLESLEY - A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.© Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - Updated: 12:07 PM
ESTWELLESLEY - A car struck a tree and burst into flames late Tuesday night, killing two Babson College students, police and college officials said.
Witnesses told police that the Porsche Cayman appeared to go out of control just before the crash on Forest Street at the intersection with Berkshire Road in Wellesley at about 11:30 p.m. The car was already engulfed in flames when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, police said.
Speed appears to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The victims were identified by police as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J. Both were Babson students, school spokeswoman Barbara Blair said.
The school canceled early morning classes on Wednesday and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
The crash remains under investigation.
The accident comes less than a week after four teenagers died and a fifth was injured in a crash in Leicester. Police blamed that accident on excessive speed.© Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Boston Herald
Babson reels as fiery crash kills 2 students
By Marie SzaniszloThursday, April 26, 2007
Updated: 01:07 AM EST
He was the only child of a family that owned a business in Bangladesh. He was ambitious. And he loved his Porsche.
Shortly before midnight yesterday, Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, and his friend Angad Sawhney, 19, were killed when the car crashed into
some trees only blocks from their Babson College dormitory in Wellesley and burst into flames.
The accident is still under investigation, but police believe Moinuddin was probably driving faster than 30 mph, the speed limit on Forest Street.
The two were returning from a late-night snack at McDonald’s with some friends, who were following Moinuddin’s Porsche Cayman when they happened upon the burning vehicle.
The friends “were screaming, ‘Get them out! Get them out!’ But by that time, flames had engulfed the car,” said a neighbor, who declined to give his name.
The deaths stunned Babson College, a close-knit community of 1,700 undergraduates. Many remained at the scene of the crash until Babson officials led them back to the college chapel, where counselors tried to console them.
By morning, school officials notified the rest of the student body by e-mail, said Dennis M. Hanno, dean of the undergraduate school, and morning classes were canceled.
In the afternoon, hundreds of students, faculty and officials crowded into the chapel as friends recited prayers from both the Sikh and Muslim religions.
Both victims were members of the south Asian student organization, Aman, the Hindi word for “Peace,” Hanno said, and had taken on extra classes because they wanted to graduate in three years rather than the traditional four.
Tanzima Mostafa, a 19-year old freshman who is also from Bangladesh, said Moinuddin made a point of telling her to seek him out if she ever needed help.
“They were kind, honest and down-to-earth, humble and genuine,” said Arjun Shete, another freshman.
Pashi Malik, 19, of New Brunswick, N.J., grew up with Sawhney, the oldest of three children, and described his interests as “cars, sports and making money.”
“I considered him my family, my brother,” Malik said in a telephone interview yesterday. “He always wanted to make people laugh . . . He was motivated to succeed, he was trustworthy, and he always put others first . . . You could not ask for a better friend.”
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Mourners gather at the site where Babson College students Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, and Angad Sawhney, 19, were killed yesterday when Moinuddin’s Porsche slammed into a tree. (Staff photo by Nancy Lane)
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Shortly before midnight yesterday, Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, and his friend Angad Sawhney, 19, were killed when the car crashed into
some trees only blocks from their Babson College dormitory in Wellesley and burst into flames.The accident is still under investigation, but police believe Moinuddin was probably driving faster than 30 mph, the speed limit on Forest Street.
The two were returning from a late-night snack at McDonald’s with some friends, who were following Moinuddin’s Porsche Cayman when they happened upon the burning vehicle.
The friends “were screaming, ‘Get them out! Get them out!’ But by that time, flames had engulfed the car,” said a neighbor, who declined to give his name.
The deaths stunned Babson College, a close-knit community of 1,700 undergraduates. Many remained at the scene of the crash until Babson officials led them back to the college chapel, where counselors tried to console them.
By morning, school officials notified the rest of the student body by e-mail, said Dennis M. Hanno, dean of the undergraduate school, and morning classes were canceled.
In the afternoon, hundreds of students, faculty and officials crowded into the chapel as friends recited prayers from both the Sikh and Muslim religions.
Both victims were members of the south Asian student organization, Aman, the Hindi word for “Peace,” Hanno said, and had taken on extra classes because they wanted to graduate in three years rather than the traditional four.
Tanzima Mostafa, a 19-year old freshman who is also from Bangladesh, said Moinuddin made a point of telling her to seek him out if she ever needed help.
“They were kind, honest and down-to-earth, humble and genuine,” said Arjun Shete, another freshman.
Pashi Malik, 19, of New Brunswick, N.J., grew up with Sawhney, the oldest of three children, and described his interests as “cars, sports and making money.”
“I considered him my family, my brother,” Malik said in a telephone interview yesterday. “He always wanted to make people laugh . . . He was motivated to succeed, he was trustworthy, and he always put others first . . . You could not ask for a better friend.”
Caption
Mourners gather at the site where Babson College students Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, and Angad Sawhney, 19, were killed yesterday when Moinuddin’s Porsche slammed into a tree. (Staff photo by Nancy Lane)
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The Boston Globe
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Two Babson College students die in fiery crash in Wellesley
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
Two Babson College sophomores driving home from a restaurant were killed in a crash in Wellesley overnight when the car veered off a road near campus, bounced off three trees, and burst into flames, according to police, a school official, and witnesses.
The students were returning from dinner in Natick in a Porsche Cayman on Forest Street at about 11:30 p.m. when they missed a turn, said Chief Terrence M. Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department. A preliminary investigation found that the car was traveling too fast on a stretch of road a few blocks from the business school where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour.
Owen Dugan, a Wellesley selectman who lives on Forest Street, said he ran outside when he heard the crash.
"There wasn't anything that could be done to save those people," said Dugan, who described 8-foot flames rising above the roof of the car. "It was a complete inferno."
Police identified the driver as Ishfaq Moinudoin, 20, from Dhaka, the capital and largest city in Bangladesh. His passenger was Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
"It's a difficult time," said Dennis Hanno, the Babson dean of undergraduate students. "These students were well known."
Active in the South Asian student association, both students were highly motivated and spent hours in the office of their college adviser "trying to do more, to do better," Hanno said.
Moinudoin and Sawhney had been out to dinner with other students who returned to campus in another car. Investigators have spoken to the students in the other car and it does not appear they were drinking alcohol or drag racing on the way home, Cunningham said.
"They came down the street, and they came upon the crash themselves," Cunningham said of the other car of students.
When Dugan ran outside and saw the fiery wreck, he said three college-age men were yelling hysterically.
"Get them out," Dugan said the men yelled. "Get them out.""It's awful," said John Delegas, 18, a Babson freshman, who immediately thought of the shooting massacre in Virginia. "Especially after last week."
Posted by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk at 11:59 AM
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Two Babson College students die in fiery crash in Wellesley
By John R. Ellement and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
Two Babson College sophomores driving home from a restaurant were killed in a crash in Wellesley overnight when the car veered off a road near campus, bounced off three trees, and burst into flames, according to police, a school official, and witnesses.
The students were returning from dinner in Natick in a Porsche Cayman on Forest Street at about 11:30 p.m. when they missed a turn, said Chief Terrence M. Cunningham of the Wellesley Police Department. A preliminary investigation found that the car was traveling too fast on a stretch of road a few blocks from the business school where the speed limit is 30 miles per hour.
Owen Dugan, a Wellesley selectman who lives on Forest Street, said he ran outside when he heard the crash.
"There wasn't anything that could be done to save those people," said Dugan, who described 8-foot flames rising above the roof of the car. "It was a complete inferno."
Police identified the driver as Ishfaq Moinudoin, 20, from Dhaka, the capital and largest city in Bangladesh. His passenger was Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
"It's a difficult time," said Dennis Hanno, the Babson dean of undergraduate students. "These students were well known."
Active in the South Asian student association, both students were highly motivated and spent hours in the office of their college adviser "trying to do more, to do better," Hanno said.
Moinudoin and Sawhney had been out to dinner with other students who returned to campus in another car. Investigators have spoken to the students in the other car and it does not appear they were drinking alcohol or drag racing on the way home, Cunningham said.
"They came down the street, and they came upon the crash themselves," Cunningham said of the other car of students.
When Dugan ran outside and saw the fiery wreck, he said three college-age men were yelling hysterically.
"Get them out," Dugan said the men yelled. "Get them out.""It's awful," said John Delegas, 18, a Babson freshman, who immediately thought of the shooting massacre in Virginia. "Especially after last week."
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The Boston Globe
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Statement from Babson College President Brian M. Barefoot
"As you know, two Babson students were involved in a fatal off-campus car accident last night. I am saddened to report that the Wellesley Police Department has preliminarily identified the victims as Angad Singh Sawhney of Mahwah, New Jersey and Ishfaq Bin Moinuddin of Bangladesh, both sophomores. "I know that we, as a campus community, will come together to support one another at this difficult time. A gathering will be held in the Chapel at 1:00 p.m. Undergraduate classes should end by 12:45 p.m. so that members of the community may attend. Afternoon classes will resume following the gathering.
"Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with their families and loved ones."
Posted by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk at 12:10 PM
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Statement from Babson College President Brian M. Barefoot
"As you know, two Babson students were involved in a fatal off-campus car accident last night. I am saddened to report that the Wellesley Police Department has preliminarily identified the victims as Angad Singh Sawhney of Mahwah, New Jersey and Ishfaq Bin Moinuddin of Bangladesh, both sophomores. "I know that we, as a campus community, will come together to support one another at this difficult time. A gathering will be held in the Chapel at 1:00 p.m. Undergraduate classes should end by 12:45 p.m. so that members of the community may attend. Afternoon classes will resume following the gathering.
"Our thoughts and prayers are certainly with their families and loved ones."
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The Wellesley Townsman
Two promising young lives lost in crash
By Samantha Fields, Townsman Staff
By Samantha Fields, Townsman Staff
GateHouse MediaWed
Apr 25, 2007, 10:36 AM EDT
Wellesley - A fiery crash took the lives of two Babson College students late Tuesday night after their car collided with a tree in Wellesley, less than a mile from campus. Ishfaq Bin Moinuddin, 20, and Angad Singh Sawhney, 19, were traveling south on Forest Street in a Porsche Cayman when Moinuddin apparently lost control of the car and slammed into a tree on the corner of Berkshire Road. According to a statement released by the Wellesley Police Department, the car was fully engulfed in flames when police responded to the crash at 11:29 p.m. Moinuddin and Sawhney were both pronounced dead at the scene.The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but police said that speed appears to have been a factor. Dennis Hanno, Dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson, said that the friends had reportedly been studying, and were on their way back from going out to get food, though that could not be confirmed.Moinuddin of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Sawhney of
Mahwah, New Jersey, were both sophomores at Babson, said Barbara Blair, the college’s Associate Director of Public Relations.College President Brian Barefoot shared the news with the Babson community by email early Tuesday morning before classes began. “The Glavin Family Chapel has been open since last night and will remain open all day with staff on hand,” he wrote, adding that there were many different resources available on campus to anyone who might need additional support.Hanno said that when he arrived at the chapel at 3 a.m., there were about 30 faculty members and 75 students gathered there. The college held a campus-wide service at the Chapel at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, which was attended by an estimated 600 students. “It shows how the community has come together for this,” Hanno said. Representatives from both the Sikh and Muslim faiths spoke at the gathering, along with Reverend Dr. Thomas Sullivan, the Director of Spiritual Life on campus.The sophomore class dean described Moinuddin and Sawhney as “both very motivated, very entrepreneurial and very focused,” Hanno said. “Both had a goal of graduating within three years… and were on track to do so.” The two were also very active in Babson’s South Asian student organization, Aman, he said, which is the Hindi word for peace. Approximately 20 percent of the population at Babson is made up of international students, and many are South Asian, Hanno said. “It’s a community within a community that’s very tight.”Sawhney was described by friends to have
“always had a smile, and always had energy and enthusiasm,” Hanno said. “And Ishfaq… loved his car.”The accident occurred close enough to campus that many students went down to the site immediately after the crash. “I heard the accident site described as horrific,” Hanno said. By late morning on Wednesday, the tree on Forest Street was adorned with flowers and ribbons.College administrators and staff are currently in the process of doing everything they can to help the two families with the difficult task of making arrangements, Hanno said. Prior to last night, Babson had not lost a student in over four years, Blair said. “This is a tragic loss for a community with 1,700 undergrads, where everyone knows everyone,” Hanno said. “The loss of one student is bad enough, but the loss of two is a devastating blow for the community.”
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Photo by Ken McGaghFlowers were placed at the scene this morning following a crash Tuesday night that killed two Babson College students on Forest Street in Wellesley near campus.
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Wellesley - A fiery crash took the lives of two Babson College students late Tuesday night after their car collided with a tree in Wellesley, less than a mile from campus. Ishfaq Bin Moinuddin, 20, and Angad Singh Sawhney, 19, were traveling south on Forest Street in a Porsche Cayman when Moinuddin apparently lost control of the car and slammed into a tree on the corner of Berkshire Road. According to a statement released by the Wellesley Police Department, the car was fully engulfed in flames when police responded to the crash at 11:29 p.m. Moinuddin and Sawhney were both pronounced dead at the scene.The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but police said that speed appears to have been a factor. Dennis Hanno, Dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson, said that the friends had reportedly been studying, and were on their way back from going out to get food, though that could not be confirmed.Moinuddin of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Sawhney of
Mahwah, New Jersey, were both sophomores at Babson, said Barbara Blair, the college’s Associate Director of Public Relations.College President Brian Barefoot shared the news with the Babson community by email early Tuesday morning before classes began. “The Glavin Family Chapel has been open since last night and will remain open all day with staff on hand,” he wrote, adding that there were many different resources available on campus to anyone who might need additional support.Hanno said that when he arrived at the chapel at 3 a.m., there were about 30 faculty members and 75 students gathered there. The college held a campus-wide service at the Chapel at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, which was attended by an estimated 600 students. “It shows how the community has come together for this,” Hanno said. Representatives from both the Sikh and Muslim faiths spoke at the gathering, along with Reverend Dr. Thomas Sullivan, the Director of Spiritual Life on campus.The sophomore class dean described Moinuddin and Sawhney as “both very motivated, very entrepreneurial and very focused,” Hanno said. “Both had a goal of graduating within three years… and were on track to do so.” The two were also very active in Babson’s South Asian student organization, Aman, he said, which is the Hindi word for peace. Approximately 20 percent of the population at Babson is made up of international students, and many are South Asian, Hanno said. “It’s a community within a community that’s very tight.”Sawhney was described by friends to have
“always had a smile, and always had energy and enthusiasm,” Hanno said. “And Ishfaq… loved his car.”The accident occurred close enough to campus that many students went down to the site immediately after the crash. “I heard the accident site described as horrific,” Hanno said. By late morning on Wednesday, the tree on Forest Street was adorned with flowers and ribbons.College administrators and staff are currently in the process of doing everything they can to help the two families with the difficult task of making arrangements, Hanno said. Prior to last night, Babson had not lost a student in over four years, Blair said. “This is a tragic loss for a community with 1,700 undergrads, where everyone knows everyone,” Hanno said. “The loss of one student is bad enough, but the loss of two is a devastating blow for the community.”Caption of the first image
Photo by Ken McGaghFlowers were placed at the scene this morning following a crash Tuesday night that killed two Babson College students on Forest Street in Wellesley near campus.
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The Boston Channel
Police: Speed Factor In Crash That Killed Students
Babson College Mourns Loss Of Undergrads
POSTED: 12:07 pm EDT April 25, 2007
UPDATED: 5:50 pm EDT April 25, 2007
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Two Babson College students were killed in an overnight crash in Wellesley after their car went off the road and burst into flames.
NewsCenter 5's Shiba Russell reported that the incident happened at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Street, less than one mile from the Babson campus.
The victims were identified as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
Wellesley police said that the driver of a Porsche was speeding down the road when he lost control and slammed into a tree.
"When the officers arrived, the car was fully involved in flames," Wellesley Police Sgt. Marie Cleary said. "There are two fatalities. We can say that speed was probably a factor. Other than that, it will be under investigation."
"Oh yeah, there was a big fire," resident Les Goldstein said.
Another car with Babson students was traveling with the Porsche. The speed limit in the residential neighborhood is 30 mph.
Both victims were sophomores at the school. Many students rushed to the scene to see what happened and others gathered at the campus chapel.
"It's a difficult time for everybody on campus. The students were well-known to many people. It's a small campus. Two students is a big loss," Babson College Undergraduate Dean Dennis Hanno said.
Babson canceled morning classes on Wednesday, and a campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
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Babson College Mourns Loss Of Undergrads
POSTED: 12:07 pm EDT April 25, 2007
UPDATED: 5:50 pm EDT April 25, 2007
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Two Babson College students were killed in an overnight crash in Wellesley after their car went off the road and burst into flames.
NewsCenter 5's Shiba Russell reported that the incident happened at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Street, less than one mile from the Babson campus.
The victims were identified as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
Wellesley police said that the driver of a Porsche was speeding down the road when he lost control and slammed into a tree.
"When the officers arrived, the car was fully involved in flames," Wellesley Police Sgt. Marie Cleary said. "There are two fatalities. We can say that speed was probably a factor. Other than that, it will be under investigation."
"Oh yeah, there was a big fire," resident Les Goldstein said.
Another car with Babson students was traveling with the Porsche. The speed limit in the residential neighborhood is 30 mph.
Both victims were sophomores at the school. Many students rushed to the scene to see what happened and others gathered at the campus chapel.
"It's a difficult time for everybody on campus. The students were well-known to many people. It's a small campus. Two students is a big loss," Babson College Undergraduate Dean Dennis Hanno said.
Babson canceled morning classes on Wednesday, and a campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
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MyFox Boston
Babson Students' Identities Released
Last Edited: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007, 11:25 AM EDT
Created: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007, 11:24 AM EDT
WELLESLEY (FOX25, myfoxboston.com) -- A fiery crash in Wellesley has claimed the lives of two Babson College students.Police and witnesses say a Porsche went out of control on Forest Street late last night, struck a tree and burst into flames. The driver and a passenger wer
e killed.Wellesley police have tentatively identified the victims as 20-year-old Ishfaq Moinuddin, a native of Bangladesh, and 19-year-old Angad Sawhney of Mahwah, New Jersey.Police say speed may have been a factor in the crash.The accident occurred near Babson College, where both victims were undergraduates.The school canceled early morning classes today and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for this afternoon in the school's chapel.
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Last Edited: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007, 11:25 AM EDT
Created: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007, 11:24 AM EDT
WELLESLEY (FOX25, myfoxboston.com) -- A fiery crash in Wellesley has claimed the lives of two Babson College students.Police and witnesses say a Porsche went out of control on Forest Street late last night, struck a tree and burst into flames. The driver and a passenger wer
e killed.Wellesley police have tentatively identified the victims as 20-year-old Ishfaq Moinuddin, a native of Bangladesh, and 19-year-old Angad Sawhney of Mahwah, New Jersey.Police say speed may have been a factor in the crash.The accident occurred near Babson College, where both victims were undergraduates.The school canceled early morning classes today and President Brian Barefoot sent out an e-mail reminding students of counseling services available on campus. A campus-wide gathering was scheduled for this afternoon in the school's chapel.http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=3025220&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
The Boston Channel
Babson Students Killed In Crash
College Mourns Victims Of Accident
POSTED: 3:17 am EDT April 25, 2007
UPDATED: 11:26 am EDT April 25, 2007
BOSTON -- Two Babson College students were killed late Tuesday when their car went off the road and burst into flames near the college in Wellesley.
The accident happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Street, less than one mile from the Babson campus.
NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that a group of students were traveling down Forest Street in two different cars. Neighbors said the vehicles were traveling at a high rate of speed. The driver of one car, a Porsche, lost control and smashed into a tree. They were unable to escape.
The victims were identified as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
"When the officers arrived, the car was fully involved in flames," Wellesley Police Sgt. Marie Cleary said. "There are two fatalities. We can say that speed was probably a factor. Other than that, it will be under investigation."
The speed limit in the residential neighborhood is 30 mph.
Students told NewsCenter 5 that both victims were sophomores at the school. Many of them rushed to the scene to see what happened and others gathered at the campus chapel.
"We don't have fatal motor vehicle accidents very often," Cleary said.
Babson canceled morning classes on Wednesday, and a campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
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College Mourns Victims Of Accident
POSTED: 3:17 am EDT April 25, 2007
UPDATED: 11:26 am EDT April 25, 2007
BOSTON -- Two Babson College students were killed late Tuesday when their car went off the road and burst into flames near the college in Wellesley.
The accident happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday on Forest Street, less than one mile from the Babson campus.
NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that a group of students were traveling down Forest Street in two different cars. Neighbors said the vehicles were traveling at a high rate of speed. The driver of one car, a Porsche, lost control and smashed into a tree. They were unable to escape.
The victims were identified as driver Ishfaq Moinuddin, 20, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and passenger Angad Sawhney, 19, of Mahwah, N.J.
"When the officers arrived, the car was fully involved in flames," Wellesley Police Sgt. Marie Cleary said. "There are two fatalities. We can say that speed was probably a factor. Other than that, it will be under investigation."
The speed limit in the residential neighborhood is 30 mph.
Students told NewsCenter 5 that both victims were sophomores at the school. Many of them rushed to the scene to see what happened and others gathered at the campus chapel.
"We don't have fatal motor vehicle accidents very often," Cleary said.
Babson canceled morning classes on Wednesday, and a campus-wide gathering was scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Glavin Family Chapel.
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