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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:32 PM CDT
EIU graduate student dies in Georgia car accident
Another EIU student in critical condition



CHARLESTON — An Eastern Illinois University graduate student died late Monday after he and another student were in a car accident in northern Georgia.

Nishanth Etala, 22, a native of India, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other student, Suresh Penchala, 24, also a graduate student and native of India, was taken to a Chattanooga, Tenn., hospital where he was in critical condition Wednesday, EIU spokeswoman Vicki Woodard said.

The two were on vacation visiting a relative of Penchala, Woodard said. Both were students at Eastern in the spring and were enrolled for classes this fall, Woodard said.

She said Etala and Penchala were part of a group of India students who came to Eastern around the same time. Several of those students plan to travel to Tennessee to pay their respects this week before Etala’s body is flown to India, Woodard said.

A counseling center staff member will accompany those students, she said, and a staff member from the university’s international office will go to Tennessee to assist with arrangements.

Contact Lisa Bartelt at lbartelt@jg-tc.com or 238-6858.


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