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| Baby girl among three Britons killed in Iceland car crash | Baby girl among three Britons killed in Iceland car crash |
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| A baby girl and two sisters-in-law from Britain died when their 4x4 plunged off a bridge during a family holiday in Iceland, it has emerged. | A baby girl and two sisters-in-law from Britain died when their 4x4 plunged off a bridge during a family holiday in Iceland, it has emerged. |
| Rajshree Laturia and Khushboo Laturia, both in their 30s, were travelling with their husbands, who were critically injured and airlifted to hospital along with two children, aged seven and nine, after the crash. | Rajshree Laturia and Khushboo Laturia, both in their 30s, were travelling with their husbands, who were critically injured and airlifted to hospital along with two children, aged seven and nine, after the crash. |
| The Toyota Land Cruiser smashed through a railing on a one-lane bridge in southern Iceland before sunrise on Thursday, falling eight metres on to a sandy river bank. | The Toyota Land Cruiser smashed through a railing on a one-lane bridge in southern Iceland before sunrise on Thursday, falling eight metres on to a sandy river bank. |
| Rajshree and Khushboo Laturia, British citizens of Indian descent, lived in London with their families. An official at the Indian embassy in Iceland told the Guardian that although he could not officially confirm their names, he understood they were the identities of the deceased. | Rajshree and Khushboo Laturia, British citizens of Indian descent, lived in London with their families. An official at the Indian embassy in Iceland told the Guardian that although he could not officially confirm their names, he understood they were the identities of the deceased. |
| The women were travelling in the rented vehicle with Shreeraj Laturia, married to Rajshree, and his brother Supreme Laturia, married to Khushboo. Armstrong Changsan, the ambassador of India in Reykjavik, visited the survivors in hospital on Thursday and spoke with a family member over the phone. | |
| Shreeraj and Rajshree Laturia, who both worked in finance, were included on a list of Asian power couples in 2015. | |
| Rajshree worked at Barclays Capital for three years until 2009 as an assistant vice-president before joining Morgan Stanley, according to a citation on the Asian Power Couples website, which has since been removed. | Rajshree worked at Barclays Capital for three years until 2009 as an assistant vice-president before joining Morgan Stanley, according to a citation on the Asian Power Couples website, which has since been removed. |
| Shreeraj is said to have had a “successful track record in trading and financing structured credit product portfolios”. According to his LinkedIn page, he spent eight years at UBS Investment Bank as a portfolio manager and trader from 2006 until 2014. In 2015 he joined RBC Capital Markets as a trader. | |
| Another brother, Sarvesh Laturia, who is in India, told the Times of India: “It was my two brothers and their wives – they are British people. They were on vacation in Iceland and their car met with an accident in which my two sister-in-laws passed away and my niece passed away. My two brothers are in a critical condition in hospital.” | Another brother, Sarvesh Laturia, who is in India, told the Times of India: “It was my two brothers and their wives – they are British people. They were on vacation in Iceland and their car met with an accident in which my two sister-in-laws passed away and my niece passed away. My two brothers are in a critical condition in hospital.” |
| The crash took place on a ring road between the town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Skaftafell, part of Vatnajökull national park. Police have launched an investigation. | The crash took place on a ring road between the town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Skaftafell, part of Vatnajökull national park. Police have launched an investigation. |
| Adolf Erlingsson, a tour guide who was among the first on the scene, suggested the driver lost control of the car. “It was horrible. The car seemed to have hit the ground many metres from where it stopped. We struggled getting everyone out,” he said. | Adolf Erlingsson, a tour guide who was among the first on the scene, suggested the driver lost control of the car. “It was horrible. The car seemed to have hit the ground many metres from where it stopped. We struggled getting everyone out,” he said. |
| Local police said on Friday: “The individuals involved in a traffic accident at Núpsvötn yesterday are all British citizens. The individuals were two brothers travelling around Iceland with their families. The deceased were two women born in 1979 and 1980 and an infant born in 2018. | Local police said on Friday: “The individuals involved in a traffic accident at Núpsvötn yesterday are all British citizens. The individuals were two brothers travelling around Iceland with their families. The deceased were two women born in 1979 and 1980 and an infant born in 2018. |
| “The cause of the accident is unknown and under investigation by the police and the investigative committee for transport accidents. It is clear that the car was driven past the cameras at Hvolsvöllur early that same morning. | “The cause of the accident is unknown and under investigation by the police and the investigative committee for transport accidents. It is clear that the car was driven past the cameras at Hvolsvöllur early that same morning. |
| “The car was driven to the east, along the Sudurlandsvegur road, and seems to have turned on the bridge with the result that it went on top of the railing of the bridge, to the right, following it for a short distance and then turned over off the rail and the bridge. There, the car fell down on the ground beneath the bridge.” | “The car was driven to the east, along the Sudurlandsvegur road, and seems to have turned on the bridge with the result that it went on top of the railing of the bridge, to the right, following it for a short distance and then turned over off the rail and the bridge. There, the car fell down on the ground beneath the bridge.” |
| The bridge was built in 1973 and is one of the longest in the country. It was not thought to have been icy but police said humidity may have made its steel surface slippy. | The bridge was built in 1973 and is one of the longest in the country. It was not thought to have been icy but police said humidity may have made its steel surface slippy. |
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