While public representatives and public servants express concern and direct some measures, road accidents have continued to take a toll in the State. Two persons died and four others were injured in six separate road accidents reported over the past 24 hours in Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Dehradun district on Sunday.
Haridwar police said that a woman died when the scooter she was riding was hit by a car coming from opposite direction at Panchweli, Haridwar. The woman has been identified as Sushma Saini, a resident of laksar. She died on the spot while the car driver managed to escape. Police rushed to the spot after being informed and body was sent for post-mortem. later police conducted vehicle checking drive and accused car driver named Johnny Kumar, resident of Brahampuri was arrested.
In Ranipur, a youth named Aakash died after he was hit by a speed car. He was admitted in Jollygrant Hospital on October 26 wherein doctor declared him dead in course of treatment.
In Manglaur, a woman named Usha Devi was injured after being hit by an unidentified car on Saturday. She was admitted in the local hospital. In Kankhal, a person named Kishor Singh Bisht injured seriously when he was riding a bike was hit by car. His bike was also damaged.
In Dehradun, a person named Sanjay Bhandari, resident of Tehri was injured when the bike he was sitting on was hit by a car at Harrawala near Doiwala on Sunday. In the accident, Bhandari sustained a fracture to his leg. Police rushed to the shot and admitted the injured person through 108 ambulance at local hospital. Police also seized the car involved in the mishap.
At Bajpur in Udham Singh Nagar district, the Bharatiya Kisan Union state president Karm Singh Padda was injured after he was hit by a bike. He was admitted in a nursing home at Kashipur.
Observers opined that aside from the mechanical snags in the cars facing the accidents, faulty road engineering, drivers’ negligence, drunk driving, overloading and rash driving are triggering road accidents. Administrative officers should take measures to stop road accidents at various parts of the state as it is being reported on daily basis as per statistics. “They must be more and more efficient and strict while discharging their duty on the roads,” says one of the observers.