Agra: Bhartiya Janta Party MLA from Etah’s Sadar constituency Vipin Kumar David helped to save a Muslim family, gravely injured in a horrific road accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.
The MLA was on his way to Vidhan Sabha, Lucknow from Agra when he spotted a crowd around an overturned car in the middle of the road. He skipped his scheduled meetings and spent more than three hours to help the injured. He even escorted them in an ambulance to Lucknow KGMU trauma centre.
The incident took place on Monday afternoon near Aliyarpur Pilkhana village of Hassanganj police jurisdiction of Unnao district. The car in which the family of five was travelling from Kannauj district to Deva Sharif, Barabanki, allegedly rammed into a divider and turned turtle. One woman, identified as Rukshana, was killed on the spot. Four others, Waqar Waris, Anish, Praveen Bano, Shezaad were severely injured.
Speaking to media, MLA Vipin Kumar said, “It was shocking that people were standing near the victims, but none came to help them. Instead, they kept on dialing to emergency services. I took my guard and driver along with me and went down the roadside. We covered the injured with some pieces of clothes. We gave them water and tried to keep them in a conscious state.”
He said, “It took more than 45 minutes for dial 100 PRV (police response vehicle) to reach the accident spot though the local people sought assistance long before we reached there. We took the injured in an ambulance, in a dial 100 PRV and in another vehicle, an escorted them Lucknow’s KGMU trauma centre.”
The MLA said “For me they were just humans. It does not matter to me whether they were Muslims or Hindus. As a human being, it was my duty to save their lives and that’s what I did and everyone should do in such situations.”
“For me they were just humans. It does not matter to me whether they were Muslims or Hindus. As a human being, it was my duty to save their lives and that”s what I did and everyone should do in
He also raised the issue of delayed response of the emergency services and the unavailability of ambulance on the expressway. “I don’t understand why there were no ambulances or PRV on the expressway. Why did they take so much time? The authorities must answer to these questions.”
Additional director-general of police Anil Agrawal, head of the dial 100 services said, “We are looking into the matter and will share the further details on the MLA’s accusation soon.”
