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Wednesday morning, a 39-year-old NRI pharmacist, Madhavi Balineni, was killed in a road accident in Florida, during which another woman was also injured.

Guntur based NRI died after the two-vehicle crash in Florida, said the Ocala Police Department in Florida. Madhavi was driving a 1992 Honda Accord west in the inside lane. Her car crossed over the median for an unidentified reason into the eastbound lanes.

Rubie Tamayo, 22, of Ocala was driving a 2002 Nissan Altima who struck the passenger side of the Honda, said officers. Tamayo who was taken to Munroe Regional Medical Center, was treated and released, while Balinens.i who was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center was pronounced dead, according to report.

Tamayo had been on her way to Gainesville city and was wearing a seat belt, whereas Balineni was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the occurrence of the accident.

From 2004, the NRI has been staying in USA. The information about her death in a road accident was passed on to Madhavi’s parents. Her body will be flown to her home country, India either on Friday or Saturday. It was told to officers that Balineni was on her way to her work place at the CVS store at the time of accident.

-Sumana