“Don’t Watch Cricket, Didn’t Recognise Him”: Bus Driver Who Rescued Rishabh Pant

New Delhi:

A Haryana Roadways bus driver who was among the many individuals who took cricketer Rishabh Pant out of the Mercedes SUV after it crashed right into a street divider has mentioned he didn’t know who the injured man was and acted swiftly to rearrange for an ambulance.

Sushil Mann, the bus driver, informed NDTV that the SUV was coming in excessive velocity from the other way and it hit the divider.

“I put my bus on the aspect and rapidly ran in the direction of the divider,” Mr Mann mentioned.

“I believed the automotive would flip below the bus because it was turning again and again earlier than it stopped,” he mentioned. “The motive force (Mr Pant) was half out of the window. He informed me he is a cricketer,” Mr Mann mentioned, including the cricketer requested him to name his mom, whose telephone was, nonetheless, switched off.

“I do not watch cricket and I did not know that is Rishabh Pant is. However others in my bus recognised him,” Mr Mann mentioned.

“After eradicating Rishabh, I rapidly searched the automotive to verify if anybody else was there. I took out his blue bag and Rs 7,000-Rs 8,000 rupees from the automotive and gave it to him within the ambulance,” he mentioned.

Haryana Roadways later honoured Sushil and the Paramjeet, information company PTI reported. “We gave them an appreciation letter and a protect in our workplace after they returned to Panipat,” Haryana Roadways Panipat depot normal supervisor Kuldeep Jangra informed PTI.

Haryana Transport Minister Mool Chand Sharma mentioned the 2 demonstrated an enormous instance of humanity by offering quick assist to Mr Pant.

The police have mentioned Mr Pant dozed off, resulting in the crash this morning whereas he was going to his hometown Roorkee.

The Mercedes SUV caught hearth after the high-speed impression. Mr Pant is being handled at a hospital.