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Doctors save man pierced in a freak accident by 5-feet long rod through the neck

    Sagaya Fernando Mumbai: 6 November 22   A team of doctors at Apollo Multispecialty hospital in Triuchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, saved the life of a 33-years-old man whose neck was pierced through by a feet long iron rod.   Karthikeyan, a resident of Ariyamangalam in the city, was watering the concrete slabs on the first floor of his under-construction house when he accidentally slipped and fell 15 to 20 feet down, on October 15. As he fell, a 5 feet long iron rod with serrated edges pierced through his neck and came out from the back.   “Within fifteen minutes of the mishap, his relatives rushed him to our hospital which is in close vicinity,” informed Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Triuchirappalli, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon Dr Mohamed Mansoor, who led the operating team.   “On evaluation in emergency, it was seen that he had a 5 feet long iron rod penetrating into the anterior aspect of neck and exiting the posterior aspect of neck.

Roadside barricade falls on motorcyclists, one dies after coming under a truck

 

Roadside barricade falls on motorcyclists, one dies after coming under a truck

 By:- Sumesh Rajan  

In a tragic accident, a pillion rider was crushed to death after coming under the wheels of a truck after being knocked down by a roadside barricade that crashed into the motorcyclists.

 

The incident took place on the Western Express Highway at Kandivili in Mumbai on September 12 evening.

 

At around 5 pm 26-year-old Prashant Ambekar was riding the bike with his friend 28-year-old Manoj Pawar. They were returning home from Borivili when the accident took place.

 

The incident was captured on an CCTV installed nearby.

 

A barricade placed along the road where a subway work was on fell on the motorcycle riders, who were then pushed into the path of the moving truck. The barricade was very heavy due to which the rider lost his balance and the pillion rider was thrown on the road and was subsequently crushed under the wheels of a truck that was driving alongside the bike.

 

While Pawar died on the spot, Ambekar is said to be critical and undergoing treatment at Shatabdi Hospital.

 

The police have arrested the truck driver identified as Bablu Yadav for ‘negligent driving’ and are investigating to find the MMRDA staff who put up the barricade there. 


 

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