NEW DELHI: The visuals of Rishabh Pant's horrific high-speed car accident and his miraculous escape from the crushed vehicle that caught fire invoke both scare and concern. That he hasn't suffered any life-threatening injuries is nothing short of a miracle. For that, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter had every bit to thank the man who turned out to be a God-sent help to save his life. But all Pant could do was barely raise his hand to thank Sushil Kumar, a Haryana Roadways bus driver, as he was moved onto the stretcher and into the ambulance at the site of the accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.
In the wee hours of a foggy morning near Mohammadpur Jhal at the Narsan border near Roorkee, Kumar saw a car losing control and ramming into the road divider. He shouted for his conductor's attention: "Paramjeet, haath de jalde, gaadi lagwa" (stick your hand out and indicate to park on the side).
