Washington, Oct 16 (PTI) A 42-year-old Indian-American man died in a brutal head-on collision in Indianapolis this week, the police said.

The deceased, Sukhwinder Singh, died of injuries on October 13, at a hospital. The accident occurred in rural Greenwood near Indianapolis.

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Singh, who hailed from Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, arrived in the US at the age of 15 in 1996.

According to local police, they responded to reports of a crash with severe injuries on the evening of October 12. Then the first responder found two vehicles with three people trapped after a head-on collision.

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A preliminary investigation revealed that a Honda Accord, driven by Singh, swerved into the opposite lane, crashing into a Cadillac Escalade, the police said.

Singh died from his injuries at the hospital. He is survived by his wife, a 15-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter.

He had been living in Indianapolis since 2010. The driver of the Cadillac, a 52-year-old Indianapolis man, and his 52-year-old female passenger suffered severe injuries and were transported to IU Health Methodist Hospital, the police said.

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