Bus crash kills U.S. students in India
March 28, 1996
Web posted at: 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT)NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A bus crash in India Thursday killed four American students and the husband of an educator at the University of Pittsburgh, a university spokesman said.
Ken Service said the dead students were among 60 American students from the university's "Semester at Sea" program who were en route to the Taj Mahal. Four injured students were hospitalized in Agra. There were 30 people on the bus. A second bus continued on to Agra, unaware of the accident.
The Indian wire service ANI reported that the driver of the bus and a tour guide also died. The news service quotes local police as saying the driver lost control of the bus while trying to overtake another vehicle, went off the road into a gorge and crashed into a tree north of Agra.
The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi identified the dead students as Cherese Laulhere of Long Beach, California; Jennifer Druck of Belmer, California; Sarah Schewe of Amherst, Massachusetts; and Virginia Amato of Metairie, Louisiana. The faculty member was identified as John Wilson of Pittsburgh.
The U.S. Embassy has established a help line for relatives of people involved with the "Semester at Sea" program. That overseas number is 011-91-11-611-3033.
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