Two Bangladeshi students die in US road crash

Two Bangladeshi students have died in a road accident in New Jersey, USA.

The deceased have been identified as Shakil Ali, 19, a student of computer science at the University of South California, and Shahriar Uddin Ahmed, also 19, a second-year student of electrical engineering at MIT, Boston, police said.

Three of their friends were injured in the accident. They are Tahmidur Chowdhury, 19, Subrata Chowdhury, 19, and Joshua Rivera, 18. The five friends met with an accident while they were on their way to a shop.

The accident took place on Friday night on Woodhall Road in Paterson city of New Jersey.

New Jersey State's Passaic County prosecutor and Little Falls police told local media that a Mercedes car collided with the jeep the victims were in. Shahriar Uddin died on the spot while Shakil succumbed to his injuries after being taken to St Joseph's University Hospital. The other three are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Shakil Ali, who worked as an intern at Amazon, was the president of Future Business Leaders of America and treasurer of the Rho Kappa Honor Society.

Shahriar was the technology director of Sabuj BanglaTV. He had launched an online tutoring app named after Congressman Bill Pascroll of the Patterson area to help pupils with homework.

The untimely demise of the two young men has shocked and deeply saddened their peers and the Bangali community of Patterson city.