Crash kills 2 Southern Illinois students, Missouri woman

Published April 21, 2022 8:02 PM

REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Two Southern Illinois University-Carbondale students and a Missouri woman have died after their vehicles collided on a highway. Illinois State Police say the crash that occurred about 4:15 a.m. Thursday on Illinois Route 3 in Union County killed 32-year-old Marie Meunier of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and students Pavan Swarna and Vamshi K. Pechetty, both 23, of Carbondale. They were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Police say Meunier was driving a 2013 blue Fiat sedan when her car crossed the center line and struck the front of the 2019 Toyota sedan Swarna was driving. Three other SIU graduate students were injured.

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