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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