WASHINGTON: Three members of an Indian family were killed in a car accident in Texas leaving behind their 14-year-old son. The dead have been identified as Arvind Mani (45), his wife Pradeepa Arvind (40) and their 17-year-old daughter Andril Arvind. They were residents of Leander and the accident happened Wednesday morning at 5.45 near Lampass County.

The couple’s son Adiryan was not in the vehicle with them when the accident happened. He is the lone survivor of the family.

The accident happened when the couple was driving their daughter to college in North Texas. She just graduated from high school and had taken admissions to study computer science in the University of Dallas.

The accident killed five including the driver of the car that crashed into the Indian-origin family’s vehicle.

The police said the car in which Arvind and his family were traveling was at a speed of 122 kmph and the car that hit their vehicle was traveling at a speed of 270 kmph. Gofundme page has started fundraising to provide financial support to Adiryan who lost his parents and sister.