Rishabh Pant Met With An Accident, Broke Windscreen To Timely Escape Burning Car

The young Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant who has been touted as a special talent by many former Indian cricketers has unfortunately met with an accident; however the good news is that there is nothing to worry about as his condition is stable now.

Rishabh Pant has been dropped from the white-ball Sri Lanka series so he was heading towards his home in Roorkee as he wanted to surprise his mother and celebrate the New Year with his family but his car crashed into divider between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district on Friday morning (around 5:21 am).

The reports suggested that as the vehicle crashed into the divider, the car instantly caught fire and the cricketer managed to come out of the car by breaking the windshield.

Here are some more details about Rishabh Pant’s accident:

Injuries, fractures and burn:

Fortunately, Rishabh Pant has not sustained any burn injuries and the X-Ray reports have confirmed that there is no fracture as well. His condition is out of danger, there are abrasion injuries on his back, two cuts on forehead, ligament tear in his right knee and he has also hurt his wrist, ankle and toe.

Present condition:

The cricketer is conscious and he is talking and expressing his thoughts in a proper manner.

Where is he hospitalized?

Rishabh Pant was alone in the car and he was immediately taken to Roorkee Civil Hospital after the accident where he was given primary treatment and from there, he was shifted to Max Hospital, Dehradun.

Rishabh Pant is under the observation of plastic surgeons and orthopedics at Max Hospital and the hospital administration will release a detailed medical bulletin after examining him completely.

The car he was driving:

Though there was a little confusion as to whether Rishabh Pant was driving a Mercedes or BMW, now the Uttarakhand Police has confirmed that the young cricketer was driving a Mercedes-AMG GLE43 Coupe. This car is certainly one of the best cars when it comes to luxury sedans but it is being said that the results of its crash tests are not good.

How did he meet with the accident?

DGP Ashok Kumar informed the mediapersons that in his statement, Rishabh Pant stated that he fell asleep while driving because of which he met with the accident and his car caught fire.

For how long will he be away from the cricket field?

Though the good news is that the cricketer hasn’t suffered any severe injuries, still it is being said that he may not play cricket for a year so there seems to be no chance of him playing in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

While BCCI is taking all the steps for providing necessary help to Rishabh Pant, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami has also assured that all arrangements will be made for providing him proper treatment.

The photos of injured Rishabh Pant are going viral on the Internet and if we go by those pics, the cricketer seems to be seriously injured but we assure our readers that he is out of danger so let us just pray for his speedy recovery and stop circulating those photos.