<p><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Police-Beat.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3470" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Police-Beat-300x278.jpg" alt="Police Beat" width="300" height="278" /></a>(TIMONIUM, MD) 05/15/2014 – <strong>Maryland State Police</strong> have identified the three people killed in a single vehicle crash discovered Tuesday afternoon in a wooded area along the ramp from southbound I-83 to the outer loop of I-695.<br />
The victims are identified as <strong>Vignesh Ashokan</strong>, 23, <strong>Sharath Sudershanam</strong>, 24, and <strong>Moka Mallikarjun,</strong> 25. The three were friends and roommates who lived in Fairfax, Virginia. All three were pronounced dead at the scene.<br />
Shortly before 4:00 p.m. on May 13, 2014, Maryland State Police at the Golden Ring Barrack were called by a driver who reported seeing something that appeared to be evidence of a vehicle crash in the wooded gore area along the ramp from southbound I-83 to the outer loop of I-695.<br />
<strong>POLICE SEARCHED WOODS TO FIND WRECK</strong><br />
Responding troopers walked back into the wooded area and found multiple pieces of a passenger car and the bodies of the three men.<br />
Investigators from the State Police Crash Team and the Criminal Enforcement Division responded to the scene. A cadaver dog team also responded to assist with a search to ensure all victims had been located.<br />
The preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle, a 2012 Volvo S60 owned and driven by Mallikarjun, was southbound on I-83. The vehicle traveled onto the ramp to the outer loop of I-695 and, for unknown reasons, traveled off the left side of the roadway and entered the wooded area.<br />
<strong>WRECKAGE AND BODIES IN PIECES</strong><br />
Investigators determined the vehicle traveled about 300 feet off the roadway before striking a tree. The force of the impact caused the car to break into multiple pieces.<br />
State Police investigators determined the three men had been visiting friends at a home in Cockeysville. At about 1:30 a.m. on May 11th, they decided to leave and travel back to the apartment they shared in Fairfax, Va. Investigators believe the crash occurred shortly after they left Cockeysville, early <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_583559538"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> morning. A friend from Fairfax had filed a missing persons report with police there. Investigators believe the crash site remained undiscovered because it was so far off the roadway and hidden by trees and brush.<br />
<strong>HIGH SPEED BELIEVED TO BE AT FAULT</strong><br />
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Due to the significant damage to the vehicle that occurred on impact, State Police investigators believe speed was a factor in the crash.<br />
The bodies of the three men were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. Autopsies are expected to be conducted today.</p>
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Fairfax friends died together in high-speed crash; Volvo disappeared into wooded gore for 48 hours
