Pant’s surprise visit to mother turns into horrific car accident

PNS | New Delhi

Rishabh Pant’s plan to surprise his mother ahead of the new year turned into a horrific accident after his car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in the wee hours on Friday.

The star India wicket-keeper batter was lucky to survive serious injuries due to his alertness, jumping off his Mercedes in the nick of time as the car went up in flames after hitting the divider.

Dr. Sushil Nagar, who was the first to attend to Pant in the emergency ward of Saksham Hospital near Roorkee, said the cricketer didn’t suffer any fracture but there was a ligament injury on his knee which would require further investigation.

“When he was brought to our hospital, he was fully conscious and I spoke to him. He wanted to surprise his mother and was going back home,” Nagar told PTI.

He suffered big bruises on his back but Nagar said those are not burn injuries.”The injuries happened because he jumped out of car by breaking the window of his car as soon as it caught fire.As he landed on the side of the road on his rear, the skin peeled off.