2 Quinnipiac Graduates Killed In Crash In Boston

HAMDEN, CT — Two Quinnipiac University graduates were killed in a crash Saturday night in Boston, school officials confirmed Monday.

Delanie Fekert, 25, of Floral Park, New York, and Urashi Madani, 25, of North Andover, Massachusetts, were backseat passengers in a ride-share vehicle when it was struck by a tow truck on Interstate 93 North in Boston, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Police said an investigation found that a 2007 Lexus SUV, the ride-share vehicle, was traveling in front of a tow truck around 10 p.m. Saturday on I-93 North in Boston. Then, just south of Exit 20, the Lexus “slowed for reasons still under investigation” and was rear-ended by the tow truck, police wrote in a news release.

A third vehicle, a 2012 Honda Civic sedan, was traveling behind the truck and struck the truck at an angle, police said.

Fekert and Madani were trapped inside the Lexus and were both determined to be dead at the scene, according to police.

The driver of the Lexus, a 53-year-old Revere man, was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. The driver of the tow truck, a Salem woman, wasn’t injured and remained at the scene for the investigation, according to police. The driver of the Honda also wasn’t injured and remained at the scene for the investigation.

Police are continuing to investigate the crash.

Quinnipiac University spokesperson John Morgan confirmed Monday that Fekert and Madani graduated from the school in 2021 after “completing their doctor of physical therapy degrees.”

“This is a terrible loss for Delanie and Urushi’s families and friends,” Morgan said. “We send our deepest condolences to their families, friends and those in our community who knew them.”