University mourns student deaths

BOWLING GREEN, O.—Seven Bowling Green State University international students were involved in a car accident early this morning (Jan. 2) on I-80 near Angola, Ind.. Two of the students were fatally injured and the five other students were either not injured or received minor injuries.

The accident occurred at approximately 12:20 a.m. when the van they were driving east on the Indiana toll road entered the median and rolled several times. One of the students died at the scene and another was pronounced dead at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.

The deceased students were identified by police as Apsana Giri (Uhp-sahna Gear-ee), 26, of Kathmandu, Nepal, and Sweety Mazumdar (Sweety Mah-zoom-dar), 25, of Kolkata, India.

In a statement, BGSU President Sidney Ribeau said, "The Bowling Green State University community extends its deepest condolences to the families of two international students killed in the tragic accident earlier today. Our thoughts and prayers are with them, with the five other students involved in the accident, and with our international community in this time of sadness."

Giri was a master's degree studying biological sciences at BGSU, and Mazumdar was a master's degree student in geology.

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Following are the names of all the international students involved in the accident:

Ms. Apsana Giri (Uhp-sahna Gear-ee)

Ms. Sweety Mazumdar (Sweety Mah-zoom-dar)

Mr. Puran De (Pooh-rahn Deh)

Mr. Nigel Dsouza (Ni-juhl Dee SOO' zuh)

Mr. Mohammad Chowdhury (Moe HAH' mud CHOW dree)

Mr. Mridutpal Nag (M Ri-DOOT-puhl Nag)

Mr. Rahul Mukherjee (Rah-Hool Moo-KUR'-gee)

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(Posted January 02, 2008 )