'There was lot of blood coming from forehead'- Bus driver reveals how he saved Rishabh Pant's life

Rishabh Pant and the Bus Driver (Source: Twitter)

In a sudden twist of fate, Rishabh Pant suffered a near fatal car accident when he was travelling from Delhi to Uttarakhand. The car hit the divider and then caught fire. Pant was saved from the accident spot on Friday morning by Sushil Kumar, who was an employee from the Haryana Roadways.

The incident happened at 5:30 AM. As per the police, Pant’s car came in contact with the divider and then toppled over before the vehicle tripped over. Pant was driving to his hometown Roorkee in Uttarakhand from Delhi.

"I am a driver with Haryana Roadways, Panipat depot," Kumar told Hindustan Times. "Our bus left Haridwar at 4.25 in the morning. I was on my way when I saw a car being driven at a lot of speed get off balance and crash into the divider. After the impact, the car landed on the wrong side of the road - the one that goes to Delhi. 

He gave us his mother's number and her phone was switched off - Sushil Kumar

The bus driver, Sushil Kumar was the first person to reach the accident and he also pulled out the cricketer from the car. Sushil rushed to the vehicle and broke the windshield to rescue the star cricketer. He said the cricketer was badly injured and was walking with a limp after the near-fatal accident.

"The car had screeched onto the second lane of the road, seeing which I immediately applied the brakes. The car had already caught sparks, so I and the conductor rushed to get him out of the car. By then the fire has started. Then, three more people came running and got him on a safe side."

"I called the National Highway, no one answered. Then I rang up the police and the conductor called for an ambulance. We kept asking him he is he fine. Offered him some water. After regrouping, he told us he is Rishabh Pant. I don't follow cricket, so I didn't know who he was but my conductor then told me 'Sushil... he is an India cricketer'.

"He gave us his mother's number. We called her but her phone was switched off. The ambulance arrived after 15 minutes, and we got in him … I asked him if he was alone in the car. He said there is no one."  Pant was first treated at Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre where he was checked for injuries on impact and then he was moved to Max Hospital in Dehradun.