In Kanpur Dehat, a 25 year old youth fell into a muddy pit along with his bike. He was stranded for about 12 hours after the accident that happened on a deserted road, 45 km from the city. He died during treatment in the hospital on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, in Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, a 25-year-old youth got stuck in a roadside pit filled with mud for about 12 hours, after which he died during treatment. The name of the deceased was Dhirendra Kumar, who worked as a private guard at Panki Power House. Around 6 pm on Tuesday evening, he was returning home from Rura Shivli Road near Kadri village when his motorcycle lost control and fell into a deep pit filled with mud.
Police said that due to darkness and depth of the pit, no one passing by noticed it. Dhirendra, stuck in the mud in the extreme cold, struggled with cold and fatigue the whole night.
Around 6 am on Wednesday morning, some farmers saw him covered in mud and in an almost unconscious state. Local village heads Ankush Kumar and Vijay Kumar, along with villagers and passers-by, tried to save him. The villagers lit a fire to warm him, cleaned the mud from his face and immediately called 102 ambulance. He was taken to a hospital in Shivli, but Dhirendra died during treatment.
His heartbroken brother Brijendra Kumar said that the family became worried when Dhirendra did not return home throughout the night. The next morning they received the news of his death.
Shivli police station in-charge Praveen Yadav said that due to the dark road and depth of the pit, he was not visible to anyone and could not be saved.
This incident has once again raised questions on roadside safety and uncovered potholes. On January 17, Yuvraj Mehta, a software engineer in Greater Noida’s Sector 150, was killed when his SUV fell into a construction pit filled with water. There was a lot of anger over this incident.