Two persons injured in the car accident in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died were on Monday shifted by road to Mumbai from a hospital in neighbouring Vapi town of Gujarat, an official said.
Mistry (54) and Jahangir Pandole, who were on the back seats of the luxury car, were killed when their vehicle hit a road divider in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Sunday afternoon. Eminent gynaecologist Anahita Pandole (55), who was at the wheel, and her husband Darius Pandole (60), who was also sitting in front, were injured. They were subsequently taken to a hospital in Vapi.
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On Monday, the two injured persons were shifted by road to the Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai, the official said. The bodies of Mistry and Jahangir Pandole have already been sent to the state-run J J Hospital in Mumbai for postmortem.
The clinical team of Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital were in touch with the hospital in Vapi.
A team of 10 doctors and paramedics reached Vapi in the night to help stabilise the patients.
“Although aircraft and choppers were ready to airlift the patients, the clinical team felt it was best to bring them by road in an ambulance. They reached HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in the early hours and the journey was uneventful,” said Dr Tarang Gianchandani, CEO, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.
“Our clinical team of twenty multi-disciplinary doctors are evaluating them currently and shall be looking after them. The entire management team and clinical team will do their best at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. we all need your best wishes for their speedy recovery,” Gianchandani said.
An official from Kasa police station in Palghar said they have registered a case of fatal accident under provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. Jahangir Pandole was the brother of Darius Pandole, a former independent director of the Tata Group of companies. The four persons were returning to Mumbai from Gujarat on Sunday when their car hit a divider on a bridge over the Surya river near Charoti Naka, 120 km away from Mumbai.
(With agency inputs)