Youths were trying to evade helmet checking drive
Mail News Service
Jamshedpur, July 22 : In a road mishap, three persons were injured, including two youths as they hit their bike with a 45-year-old scooter rider near Jamshedpur Block Officeon Station-Parsudih road under Parsudihpolice station areaon Monday morning.
The mishap took place as the youths were riding without helmet and tried to evade helmet-checking drive being carried out in front of the nearby Parsudih police station.
All the three injured were rushed by the police to adjoining Sadar Hospital, Khasmahal where their condition is stated to be serious. According to information, two of the victims got their legs fractured and another youngster has sustained grievous head injury.
OC, Parsudihpolice station ,Animesh Gupta confirmed about mishap and said that they are yet to take statement from the mishap victims.
” We are investigating as to what led to the mishap. The three mishap victims have been admitted at the Sadar Hospital and are undergoing treatment. We are yet know their names and whereabouts as they are unconscious,” said the officer-in-charge.
The OC admitted that the incident took place while a helmet-checking drive was on in front of the Parsudihpolice station at about 11.30 am.
According
to a recent World Health Organization report, India has the highest number of
road deaths in a year in the world – 105,725 deaths, followed by China (96,611),
the US (42,642) and Russia (35,972).
“This means two persons who die every day in road accidents are two
wheeler riders. In India, a total number of 35,767 two wheeler riders, many of
them women, were killed in road accidents. “The main risk factor for
motorised two wheeler users is non-use of helmets and head injuries are the
major cause of death, injury and disability among them,” the Transport
department officials said.
“We have taken the decision for making the pillion-rider
too wear a helmet because the number of pillion-riders
falling victim to fatal road mishap in and around the steel city is increasing.
The decision to enforce wearing helmet on the pillion-rider
is in accordance to the Motor Vehicle Act,” said a police official.
�Almost every motorcycle rider in the city is no wearing helmets following the efforts made in this direction. But it has never been a part of pillion riders� habit to wear helmets; but that is about to change soon. The campaigns to penalise helmetless drivers will now have special focus on pillion riders without helmets,� stated an official.
