Indian cricket superstar Rishabh Pant is 'lucky to be alive' after being seriously injured in a horrific fireball car crash today. The 25-year-old wicket-keeper batsman, regarded as one of the best cricketers in the world, went off the road between Mangalaur and Nursan, close to his hometown of Roorkee in the northern state of Uttarakhand.
Police in the region said he was travelling alone when his Mercedes GLE car hit the dividing barrier on the Delhi-Haridwar highway around 5.30am local time today. Shocking CCTV footage captured the chilling moment when the car crashed against the barrier before bursting into flames.
Local police superintendent Swapn Kishor Singh said in a statement reported by local media: “The car he was driving was completely burnt. He is lucky to survive the severe accident."
