Rishabh Pant, India's wicketkeeper, was injured in a terrible automobile accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on Friday morning and is currently being treated and assessed at a hospital in Dehradun.
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Rishabh Pant, India’s wicketkeeper, was injured in a terrible automobile accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on Friday morning and is currently being treated and assessed at a hospital in Dehradun. Pant was driving to Roorkee in the early hours of Friday when the accident occurred. His automobile, which was heavily damaged in the accident, is said to have collided with a road divider and caught fire. Pant was brought to a local hospital, Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre, and treated for impact injuries before being transferred to Dehradun*.
“Rishabh has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, and toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back,” the BCCI said in a statement. “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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“We are still examining him [Pant]. He is stable at the moment, there doesn’t appear to be cause for major worry. Once the evaluation is complete, we will put out a detailed bulletin. He is conscious, and he is talking, and the doctors are examining wherever he is saying there is discomfort. Orthopaedics and plastic surgeons are looking at him right now. And we are examining for any internal injuries.” said Dr Dishant Yagnik, medical superintendent at Max Hospital, Dehradun.
