HYDERABAD: A
software engineer
from Telangana was run over by a train in New Jersey in US on Tuesday.
Praveen Desini
was killed at Edison station.
The software engineer hailing from Hanamkonda in Warangal was run over by a train at Edison Train Station. Praveen Desini was said to be on his way to New York where he works when the mishap occurred.
“The
Northeast Corridor
train 3920 which departed Trenton at 6:47 am and was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station New York at 7:58 am, struck and killed a pedestrian just east of the Edison station,” authorities in
New Jersey Transit Corporation
said.
Family and friends have mourned the death of Praveen Desini who is survived by his wife Navatha Desini and two-year-old son Ganan. A ‘gofundme’ page created to raise funds to send the body of Praveen to India got more than 19,000 dollars in donation out of the three lakh dollars goal.
He has been supporting his family financially. His mortal remains will be transported to his hometown for the final rites,” his friend,
Kranthi Koyadda
said urging people to contribute to help cover the expenditure.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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