One among 17 injured still critical
Sanjeev K Sharma
JAMMU, Nov 16: When Saksham and his younger brother Riksham left home with their mother yesterday to return to school in Jammu, no one in their family could have imagined it would be their last journey together.
While Saksham, 14 and his mother Ashu Devi died after their bus fell into a 300 ft deep gorge in Doda, Riksham, 11, is fighting for his life in Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital Doda.
The young boys’ father Ajay Parihar, an ex-serviceman and a Sena Medal awardee, is shattered and numb with the shock.
Ajay’s elder brother said today that Saksham and Riksham had come home to attend his daughter’s wedding.
“After attending the wedding, they were returning to Jammu to appear for their exams,” he said.
The administration has left people to die, Ajay’s brother said angrily, complaining about the poor condition of roads, unchecked rash driving and overloading of vehicles.
“Had the administration fixed accountability, this accident would have not happened and we would have not lost our family members,” he added.
Another relative of the family, Suresh, said Ajay wanted his sons to join Army.
Ajay wanted to give his sons the best education and they were studying in a premier institution in Jammu, according to family’s relatives.
Scores of people gathered at Ajay’s house in Beda-Bhata area of Kishtwar on Wednesday night after the news about accident broke.
Saksham and his mother were among 39 people killed when their bus carrying 56 passengers fell into a gorge.
Seventeen people were injured in the accident that took place near Trungal-Assar on Batote-Kishtwar highway.
Meanwhile, of the 17 injured persons, one is critical and the rest are stable.
In an exclusive interaction with the Excelsior, GMC Jammu Principal, Dr. Ashutosh Gupta informed that seven critically injured persons were yesterday shifted to GMC Jammu for treatment and three of these were brought dead and other three were stable while one was critical.
“Four injured persons were airlifted by chopper to GMC Jammu yesterday of which two were brought dead,” he said adding that an injured girl with some fracture was stable and she was operated today.
Dr. Gupta further said that the fourth injured person was having head and belly injuries and he underwent surgery after which he was shifted to ICU.
“He was critical and his blood pressure was falling and efforts were being made to stabilise him,” he said.
The GMC Principal also said that two more injured persons were brought to GMC Jammu yesterday and both were stable.
“One of these injured persons was having cervical spine injury and the other was having head injury,” he continued adding: “One more injured was brought to GMC Jammu by road but he was brought dead.” Sources informed that one more injured reached JMC Jammu today and he was stable.
Apart from this, 12 injured persons were undergoing treatment at GMC Doda and they were stable till last reports.
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