America
Aditya Tomar, vice president at JP Morgan Chase, was one of the victims of the train accident
A 41-year-old Indian-born investment banking executive described as
"extraordinary" by his colleagues has died in a fiery suburban train
crash just outside the city.
Aditya Tomar, a vice president in JP
Morgan's asset management division, was among six people killed Tuesday
evening when the train hit a sports utility vehicle (SUV) stuck on the
tracks in Valhalla, about 45 kms from here, and the first three
carriages caught fire.
JP Morgan chief executive officer Jamie Dimon called his death "a terrible tragedy and loss".
The
Indian Institute of Technology graduate was an expert in program
trading and in using algorithms for stock trading, according to his
Linkedin profile. He also had an advanced degree from Miami University
and had worked for Barclay Capital and Morgan Stanley. He lived in
Danbury in Connecticut state and was returning home from work.
"Aditya
was an extraordinary colleague," JP Morgan said in a statement. "His
leadership skills, sense of humour and tireless team spirit contributed
to a better workplace for all of us in JP Morgan Asset Management."
His
mother-in-law, Dee Persaud, described him as fun-loving, brilliant,
kind and generous, not just to his wife, but to everyone around him, NBC
Connecticut TV reported Thursday. "There is never a time he is not
there for us," she told the station.
The Danbury News-Times
quoted a family friend, Mina Patel, as saying that Tomar and his wife
Reshma were known in the local Indian community as hard workers who
helped others.
"Everybody has their dream when they come to America," the newspaper quoted her. "They were living theirs."
The TV station reported that Persaud said Tomar's body was identified from his dental records.