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.”
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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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)
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=196806
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