Commissioner plays Good Samaritan, saves accident victim
Staff Reporter
Setting an example: City Police Commissioner
COIMBATORE: City Police Commissioner C. Sylendra Babu has always spoken in various fora about the need to help and save road accident victims.
On Saturday, he led by example by rescuing R. Banumathy, a first year management student, who met with an accident in front of the PSG Public School on Avanashi Road at 10.15 a.m.
The girl, on her way to the PSG Institute of Technology on a two-wheeler, was hit by a motorcycle from behind. In the impact, she was thrown off the vehicle.
"As I was returning after attending a function at a school, I found a group of people on the middle of the road. I stopped the vehicle, moved forward and found that they were discussing what to do with the girl lying on the road with injuries," he said.
Mr. Babu called up the 108 EMRI service and after waiting for a while, rushed the girl in his official vehicle to a nearby private hospital. He also informed the girl's parents.
"I did not want to waste time as I realised she had had an epileptic attack. Blood was oozing out of her ears too."
Ms. Banumathy's father R. Ramasamy said he got a call around 10.30 a.m. from the Commissioner. "I was told that my eldest daughter had met with an accident and that she had been admitted to the PSG Hospitals."
The hospital sources said that the girl had suffered minor bleeding in the brain and a fracture on her left shoulder. She was under intensive care and further course of action would be taken after a 24-hour observation, the sources added.
When contacted, Mr. Babu said none of the three involved in the accident – the girl as well as the rider and pillion rider of the motorcycle – had worn helmets. And those who were at the accident site were only talking among themselves and did not call for an ambulance.
Act immediately
He said people at accident sites should immediately call emergency services and not waste time since every minute would prove crucial to the accident victims.
The police have registered a case against the motorists on charges of rash and negligent driving.
Source :http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/20/stories/2011022062900300.htm
Thanks: the Hindu
