3 family members killed in crash while on the way to teenager’s college move-in day

LAMPASAS, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the identities of the five people who were killed in a crash on August 14.

Troopers responded to the fiery crash at around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday approximately six miles north of Lampasas on U.S. Route 281.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a 2004 Cadillac CTS driven by 31-year-old Jacinto Gudino Duran, of Copperas Cove, was heading southbound on U.S. Route 281 at the same time a 2024 Kia Telluride, operated by 45-year-old Mani Arvind, of Leander, was heading northbound.

Evidence at the scene showed the right rear tire of the Cadillac had a blowout, crash investigators said. Witnesses claimed the vehicle passed them at a high rate of speed prior to the collision.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the blowout caused the driver of the Cadillac to lose control and cross over to the northbound lane into the Kia’s path.

The Kia crashed into the passenger side of Cadillac, causing extensive damage to both vehicles, officials say.

Twenty-three-year-old Yosilu Gasman Martinez-Lopez, of Copperas Cove, was identified as a passenger in the Cadillac. There were two passengers in the Kia at the time, named publicly by public safety officials as 40-year-old Pradeepa Arvind and 17-year-old Andril Arvind.

All five people in both vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene.

A GoFundMe was started for 14-year-old Adiryan Arvind, who is now without his family following the fatal crash.

According to the GoFundMe organizer, Mani and Pradeepa Arvind were on the way to the University of Texas at Dallas with Andril to help with her move-in day at the campus.

As of early Saturday morning, more than $758,000 has been raised to support the family’s surviving member Adiryan, who just started ninth grade.