Pennsylvania, US, May 11
Six Indians, who were on their way to the Niagara Falls, were killed when their minivan spun out of control and was hit by an oncoming car on a Pennsylvania highway, the police said today. Four of those killed worked at the Troy, Michigan-based Syntel Inc, and two were spouses of employees, company spokesman Jonathan James said today.

The minivan had just crossed the Pennsylvania-Ohio border last afternoon when it crossed the highway median and began flipping and rolling, coming to rest on its roof, the authorities said. It was then struck by an oncoming westbound car, said the state police. The minivan driver, Kaushik Deb, 26, of Troy, Michigan, in suburban Detroit, died. The passengers killed were Manoj Jharia, 35, Mili Jharia, 28, Nitin Agarwal, 29, Swati Agarwal, 25, and Shubham Choudhory, 24. The Jharias and Agarwals were married, the police said.

The sole survivor in the minivan, Nitin Gupta, 28, was sitting in the front passenger seat, the police said. — AP