“Witnesses reported that a dark-coloured sedan struck two female pedestrians in the roadway and did not stop,” the press release stated.
VIJAYAWADA: A Telugu woman, Vangavolu Deepthi, who suffered a major car accident in Texas on April 12, died of her injuries on Friday while undergoing treatment. Deepthi and her friend Snigdha were walking home when a car struck them and fled from the scene.
City of Denton Police Department, in an official press release, stated that the accident happened on April 12 at 2.12 am (April 12, 12.40 pm IST) at Carril Al Lago Drive, a residential street near N. Bonnie Brae Street and W. University Drive.
“Witnesses reported that a dark-coloured sedan struck two female pedestrians in the roadway and did not stop,” the press release stated.
Local media houses reported that Deepthi and her friend were walking home and crossing the street to reach their house, when a dark coloured Kia Optima car struck them and fled the scene.
Deepthi, a resident of Guntur, went to the United States in 2023 to pursue her Masters of Sciences from the University of North Texas, and was just a month away from completing her degree in the university.
Speaking to the media, Pavan Vallamsetty, a roommate of Deepthi, said that she suffered from blood loss on the right side of her brain, while the other person suffered non-lethal injuries and underwent a minor surgery under the jaw.
A GoFundMe page was started by Anand, Deepthi’s cousin, to help raise money for her medical treatments. The page has raised more than $90,000 in less than four days. Deepthi’s body is expected to be repatriated to her hometown in Guntur by Saturday for the final rites.
