Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after assembly the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had mentioned Pant advised him that his automobile crashed whereas he was making an attempt to keep away from a pothole on the freeway.
However, NHAI Roorkee Division Project Director Pradeep Singh Gusain advised PTI, “There were no potholes on the road where the accident occurred. The road where the car crashed is a little narrow due to a canal (Rajwaha) adjacent to the highway. The canal is used for irrigation.”
Gusain additionally denied the accident web site was repaired by the NHAI and the “potholes” had been mounted, despite the fact that some footage of workmen purportedly mending a stretch of the freeway went viral late on Sunday night.
Dhami had advised reporters after assembly Pant on the Max Hospital that the cricketer had misplaced management of the car whereas making an attempt to keep away from a pothole or one thing black.
“He (Pant) said the car swerved across the road while trying to avoid a pothole or something black,” Dhami advised reporters after assembly the cricketer on the hospital.
Rishabh Pant was making an attempt to keep away from a pothole, says DDCA director Shyam Sharma
Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Director Shyam Sharma, who met Pant on Saturday, had additionally mentioned quoting the keeper-batter that the accident occurred when he was making an attempt to barter a pothole within the early hours of Friday.
The huge accident had occurred at round 5.30 am on Friday when Pant’s luxurious automobile hit a highway divider close to Roorkee in Haridwar district and burst into flames inflicting a number of accidents to the cricketer who had a miraculous escape.