4 dead in road crash in Rishikesh
Dehradun (PTI): Four men were killed when their speeding car crashed into a parked truck near PNB City Gate on the Rishikesh-Haridwar road in Uttarakhand, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Dheeraj Jaiswal, 31, Hariom Pandey, 22, Karan Prasad, 23, and Satyam Kumar, 20, all residents of Rishikesh.
Police said the accident, which occurred late Tuesday night, was so horrific that the victims' bodies were lodged under the rear of the truck.
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The car had to be cut open with cutters to extricate the dismembered bodies.
According to the police, preliminary investigations revealed that the car, a Mahindra XUV, went out of control while trying to avoid hitting a cow.
The driver, coming from Haridwar, swerved to the left to avoid hitting the cow, but crashed into a parked truck with a Haryana registration number.
All four occupants of the car died on the spot.
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“Bleeding on the road, I begged for help but no one came”: Bengaluru woman recounts husband’s death
Bengaluru: A woman in Bengaluru has shared a painful account of how her husband died after they were repeatedly denied medical help and ignored by passersby during a medical emergency, NDTV reported.
The victim, 34-year-old Venkataramanan, a garage mechanic from Balaji Nagar, developed severe chest pain around 3.30 am. His wife immediately took him on a motorcycle in search of medical help.
"He complained about chest pain, and we went to the first hospital. However, the doctor was not on duty. At the second hospital, we were told he had a stroke and to go to another hospital. When we called for ambulance services, they did not respond properly. Humanity failed, but we did our bit by donating his eye." NDTV quoted his wife as saying.
According to the report, after being turned away twice, the couple met with an accident on the road. CCTV footage later showed the woman, covered in blood, pleading with folded hands as vehicles passed by, but no one stopped to help.
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The wait ended after several minutes when a cab driver stopped and rushed Venkataramanan to a nearby hospital. Doctors there declared him dead on arrival.
As per the report, the family decided to donate Venkataramanan’s eyes, giving sight to others even in death.
Venkataraman's mother, who had lost her last surviving child, had no words to express herself: "I have no words. I do not know what to say. My son is gone."
"The government should understand a health emergency. My daughter is left with two children. Who will look after them?" asked his mother-in-law. His wife, mother, and two children, a five-year-old son and an 18-month-old daughter now survive Venkataramanan.
The incident has once again raised serious questions about emergency healthcare access, ambulance response, and public apathy in the city.
