Rishabh Pant suffered serious injuries after the BMW car in which he was travelling collided with a divider and caught fire early Friday while the India cricketer was going to his hometown Roorkee from Delhi. The accident took place on the Narsan border of Roorkee near Mohammadpur Jhal.
After the accident, Pant was immediately taken to a local hospital, and while he suffered multiple injuries, he is in stable condition.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the extent of injuries in a statement.
“Rishabh has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back. Rishabh’s condition remains stable, and he has now been shifted to Max Hospital, Dehradun, where he will undergo MRI scans to ascertain the extent of his injuries and formulate his further course of treatment.”
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“The BCCI is in constant touch with Rishabh’s family while the Medical Team is in close contact with the doctors currently treating Rishabh. The Board will see to it that Rishabh receives the best possible medical care and gets all the support he needs to come out of this traumatic phase.”
“Pant met with an accident in Manglaur in Haridwar district when his car hit a divider at 5.30 am on Friday,” Haridwar SSP Ajai Singh told news agency PTI.
“He was rushed to Saksham hospital in nearby Roorkee from where he was referred later to Max Hospital, Dehradun.”
According to ESPNcricinfo, Dr Sushil Nagar, who treated Pant in the emergency, has informed that the cricketer has suffered injuries on his forehead, knee and back.
“The first X-rays suggest there is no fracture and there are no burns on Pant’s body despite his car catching fire,” the report said.
In the pictures that have been posted on Twitter, the cricketer could be seen with bandages on the head and injuries on the back. In the pictures, his car can be seen completely burnt.
It has also been reported that Pant was alone in the car when the accident took place and it happened as the cricketer dozed off while driving.
“Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant’s car met with an accident at around 5:30 am. The incident took place at Mohammedpur Jat near Roorkee. According to what Pant said, he dozed off while driving and as a result the car collided with the divider and caught fire. He was moved to the Roorkee hospital from where he has now been shifted to Dehradun,” DGP Ashok Kumar was quoted as saying by NDTV.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered the officials to make all possible arrangements for the treatment of Pant and to provide an air ambulance if required.
Pant was part of the Indian team that won the Test series 2-0 against Bangladesh recently. He has however been dropped from the side for the upcoming T20I and ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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