HARVEST, ALABAMA, September 14, 2005: A Hindu priest from Nashville, his wife and a Hindu priest from Harvest were the victims of a car-truck collision Monday in northeast Limestone County. Coroner Mike West said Tuesday that the driver of the car, Suryanaray Sharma, 40, and his wife, Nasuyamma Sharma, 43, both of Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, died from injuries sustained in the wreck, as did Devaraja Bhattar, 36, of Harvest. Ragavendra Prasav, 36, of Harvest, was in stable condition Tuesday at Huntsville Hospital. State troopers said the Sharmas wore seat belts but the other two passengers didn’t. The wreck happened Monday about 2:30 p.m at Mooresville and Pepper roads. Trooper Curtis Summerville said the accident is being investigated, but a preliminary report states that the driver of the car failed to yield the right of way at the intersection, which has two large stop signs. The driver of the truck, Christopher Stewart, 30, of Toney, wasn’t injured. All four in the car were natives of India, authorities said. The men were priests at Hindu temples in the Harvest and Nashville areas. The Hindu Cultural Center of North Alabama counts more than 600 families as members, a temple representative said.
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