Trapped Techie, Helpless Father, Rescue Foiled By Fog
Noida : The 27-year-old software engineer was minutes away from the warmth and safety of his home when his car fell into a water-filled ditch at a construction site. Yuvraj was less than a kilometre from his home in Tata Eureka Park in Noida’s Sector 150 when tragedy struck. He lost control of his Grand Vitara car near the last turn on the road to his home, apparently due to low visibility.
His car overshot the road and fell into a ditch at a construction site. Soon after Yuvraj’s call, his father alerted the cops. According to police sources, Rajkumar Mehta dialled the 112 helpline around 12.30 am. At 12.41 am, the local Knowledge Park police station was informed. Around 12.50 am, teams of police and fire brigade reached the spot. Yuvraj had switched on his phone’s torch and was asking for help. Teams of the State Disaster Response Force and the National Disaster Response Force reached the spot at 1.15 am and 1.55 am, respectively.
Questions have been raised regarding the response of police and firefighters. It has come to light that they had reached the spot well before Yuvraj drowned. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Rajeev Narayan Mishra said police and fire department used equipment such as a crane, ladder, makeshift boat and searchlights, but visibility was near zero due to the fog, which hampered rescue efforts.
Rajkumar Mehta has said that visibility was so low that he struggled to spot the vehicle when he reached the spot. “Visibility was very low and when I called him, he opened the torchlight of his phone inside the car. We could see a faint little light from the water body. Mohinder, who works as an e-commerce delivery partner, has made headlines because he jumped into the ditch in a desperate attempt to save Yuvraj, but it was too late.
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