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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