Area police report
By Tim Woods Tribune-Herald staff writer
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Five people were killed in a head-on car crash in Leon County Friday afternoon.
Betty Langford, 72, of Missouri City, Texas, was driving a 2004 four-door Jaguar south on U.S. Highway 79 about three miles north of Buffalo shortly after 1 p.m. when she attempted to pass another vehicle and hit a 2005 Dodge Stratus carrying four Houston students head-on, said a Department of Public Safety spokesman.
Langford, who was wearing her seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.
All four in the Stratus were also killed. They were: Amrit Dhital, 21, the driver of the Stratus, Pukar Acharya, 21, Subash Gurung, 20, and Pralad Gurung, 22, the spokesman said.
Dhital and Subash Gurung were wearing their seat belts, while Acharya and Pralad Gurung were not, according to the spokesman. All were pronounced dead at the scene except for Subash Gurung, who was pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m. at Fairfield Regional Hospital in Fairfield, the spokesman said.
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May god give power to their parents and relatives to face tragedy.
Let us pray for their departed souls to rest in peace.
