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2 University of New Haven students killed, multiple injured after car crash in Massachusetts

The accident happened on Route 7 in Sheffield, MA on Tuesday morning.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two University of New Haven graduate students were killed on Tuesday in an early morning accident in Massachusetts. 

The Dean of UNH said six university graduate students were in the minivan at the time of the crash. A seventh person, not from UNH, was also reportedly killed in the crash. Various injuries were reported for the other occupants of the van. 

An eighth person from another car was also injured, officials said.

The crash happened on Route 7 in Sheffield, Mass.  

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Sai Narasimha Patamsetti, 22, a business analytics graduate student from Rajahmundry Urban, India, and Pavani Gullapally, 22, a civil engineering graduate student from Warangal, India, were the two UNH students who succumbed to their injuries from the crash and died. 

The status of each injured student has not been announced. 

This is a developing story.

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