Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant sustained accidents after his automobile crashed right into a street divider and caught hearth within the northern state of Uttarakhand.
The star batsman was recovering in hospital Friday, police and medical doctors mentioned. He was getting back from his hometown Roorkee, a couple of hours north of the capital, earlier than daybreak when his Mercedes SUV crashed into the median.
Police mentioned the automobile instantly caught hearth and he needed to break the windscreen to flee the blaze. Pant was alone within the automobile when it collided with a divider on the street and caught hearth, a number of reviews in Indian media mentioned.
Pant had a number of accidents and was first rushed to a close-by hospital earlier than being shifted to a extra superior facility.
The precise extent of his accidents stays unknown however media reviews mentioned he had sustained head, limb and again accidents within the crash.
“His condition is stable. His detailed medical bulletin will be released once he’s examined,” Ashish Yagnik, a health care provider on the Max Hospital in Dehradun, instructed reporters.
Followers and members of India’s cricket fraternity expressed shock on the information and wished Pant a speedy restoration.
India’s cricket board chief Jay Shah mentioned he had spoken to the cricketer’s household and the medical doctors treating him.
“We are closely monitoring his progress and will provide him with all the necessary support,” he added.
