Garrett County, MD — May 10, 2025, Nihaal Grandhi was killed, and Aneesh Nagireddi and George Painumkal were injured in a truck accident at 7:10 p.m. on I-68.
Initial details about the crash say that it happened along eastbound lanes of the interstate in the area of mile marker 13.
According to officials, 19-year-old Nihaal Babu Grandhi was a passenger in a Honda According going along I-68. Also in the vehicle were 19-year-old George Nikhil Painumkal and 18-year-old Aneesh Nagireddi. For reasons which aren’t clear right now, the vehicle collided with the back end of a tractor-trailer.
Due to the collision, reports say that Nihaal Grandhi was killed. Aneesh Nagireddi and George Painumkal were both injured, with Paunumkal being flown to a West Virginia hospital. No other injuries were reported. Right now, additional details about the crash are unavailable.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
There isn’t a lot of information about what happened here, but a common misconception I’ve dealt with repeatedly throughout my career is the false belief that someone who rear-ends another vehicle is automatically at fault. That’s simply not how the law works. It’s of course important to know why the collision happened.
Like in a case I handled not long ago, an 18-wheeler recklessly merged directly into the path of someone on a busy highway. That driver wasn’t simply in the clear just because the victim hit their rear-end. They were responsible for their own reckless actions. Maybe that isn’t what happened here, but it’s the reason crashes like this still need proper, thorough accident investigations. If nothing else, there is a family out there that deserves answers—not mere hasty assumptions.
