Stony Brook University student Vishwaja Muppa killed in accident caused by Hurricane Sandy

A 21-year-old New York woman was killed early Tuesday morning when the vehicle she was traveling in collided with a police cruiser during Hurricane Sandy.

Vishwaja Muppa was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in Port Jefferson, Long Island.

Muppa, who was a student at Stony Brook University, was a backseat passenger in a SUV that collided with a police cruiser driven by Suffolk County Officer Rene Garcia.

Officer Garcia was treated at a local hospital then released.

The condition of the driver of the SUV and the front seat passenger were not immediately available.

The accident is being blamed on Hurricane Sandy.