<p>There were no potholes on the road where cricketer Rishabh Pant's car met with a near-fatal accident, a National Highways Authority of India official said on Monday.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after meeting the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had said Pant told him that his car crashed while he was trying to avoid a pothole on the highway.</p>.<p>However, NHAI Roorkee Division Project Director Pradeep Singh Gusain told <em>PTI</em>, "There were no potholes on the road where the accident occurred. The road where the car crashed is a little narrow due to a canal (Rajwaha) adjacent to the highway. The canal is used for irrigation."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rishabh-pant-suffers-two-cuts-on-forehead-ligament-tear-in-his-right-knee-abrasion-injuries-on-back-1176490.html">Rishabh Pant suffers two cuts on forehead, ligament tear in his right knee, abrasion injuries on back</a></strong></p>.<p>Gusain also denied the accident site was repaired by the NHAI and the "potholes" were fixed, even though some pictures of workmen purportedly mending a stretch of the highway went viral late on Sunday evening.</p>.<p>Dhami had told reporters after meeting Pant at the Max Hospital that the cricketer had lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid a pothole or something black.</p>.<p>"He (Pant) said the car swerved across the road while trying to avoid a pothole or something black," Dhami told reporters after meeting the cricketer at the hospital.</p>.<p>Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Director Shyam Sharma, who met Pant on Saturday, had also said quoting the keeper-batter that the accident occurred when he was trying to negotiate a pothole in the early hours of Friday.</p>.<p>The massive accident had occurred at around 5:30 am on Friday when Pant's luxury car hit a road divider near Roorkee in Haridwar district and burst into flames causing multiple injuries to the cricketer who had a miraculous escape.</p>
<p>There were no potholes on the road where cricketer Rishabh Pant's car met with a near-fatal accident, a National Highways Authority of India official said on Monday.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, after meeting the cricketer at a hospital in Dehradun on Sunday, had said Pant told him that his car crashed while he was trying to avoid a pothole on the highway.</p>.<p>However, NHAI Roorkee Division Project Director Pradeep Singh Gusain told <em>PTI</em>, "There were no potholes on the road where the accident occurred. The road where the car crashed is a little narrow due to a canal (Rajwaha) adjacent to the highway. The canal is used for irrigation."</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/rishabh-pant-suffers-two-cuts-on-forehead-ligament-tear-in-his-right-knee-abrasion-injuries-on-back-1176490.html">Rishabh Pant suffers two cuts on forehead, ligament tear in his right knee, abrasion injuries on back</a></strong></p>.<p>Gusain also denied the accident site was repaired by the NHAI and the "potholes" were fixed, even though some pictures of workmen purportedly mending a stretch of the highway went viral late on Sunday evening.</p>.<p>Dhami had told reporters after meeting Pant at the Max Hospital that the cricketer had lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid a pothole or something black.</p>.<p>"He (Pant) said the car swerved across the road while trying to avoid a pothole or something black," Dhami told reporters after meeting the cricketer at the hospital.</p>.<p>Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Director Shyam Sharma, who met Pant on Saturday, had also said quoting the keeper-batter that the accident occurred when he was trying to negotiate a pothole in the early hours of Friday.</p>.<p>The massive accident had occurred at around 5:30 am on Friday when Pant's luxury car hit a road divider near Roorkee in Haridwar district and burst into flames causing multiple injuries to the cricketer who had a miraculous escape.</p>