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The University of South Florida lost four young men in a wrong-way crash on I-275 in Tampa early Sunday morning.
The accident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday morning when a vehicle heading southbound in the northbound lane hit another vehicle head on. The four students in the vehicle headed northbound, as well as the driver of the other vehicle, died at the scene.
All four men in the vehicle were members of Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity: Jobin Kuriakose, 21, was driving the vehicle with passengers Ankeet Patel, 22, Imtiyaz Ilias, 20 and Dammie Yesudhas, 21. The fraternity is planning an on-campus memorial service to be held on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Marshall Student Center.
Sigma Beta Rho posted a statement on their Facebook page on Sunday:
“We lost four honorable gentlemen. Our condolences go out to all of the families and friends that grieve with us today. We shall remember their lives and the joy that each one of these great men had brought to all of us. Their lives were taken far too soon. Take this as a reminder to never take life for granted. Let your loved ones know that you care about them now and everyday forward before it is too late.”
A roadside memorial was held for the I-275 crash victims on Sunday evening.
A GoFundMe page was created in memory of the fraternity brothers. The page was created to help raise funds needed for funeral services, and as of Monday morning, the page surpassed its goal of $40,000 and raised $45,000.
“Our hearts are heavy at the loss of such bright, energetic and optimistic young people who had promising futures ahead of them; to have their lives cut tragically short betrays our sense of fairness and security,” USF President Judy Genshaft said in a statement on the university’s website. “Now is the time when our faith and the support of those closest to us can sustain us, and should in tribute to their spirit of friendship and brotherhood.”
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