The family of a survivor of a fatal car crash has spoken of the trauma the teenager is still suffering following the horror accident which tragically claimed the life of a young mother, Australian expatriate Paramjeet Singh.
As reported in yesterday’s GDN, the two-vehicle crash happened at the traffic lights junction between Amwaj Islands and Galali late on Friday night.
Ms Singh was travelling in the front passenger seat. Vaibhava Dath, an 18-year-old Indian expatriate, was travelling in the back of a Honda Accord driven by a Bahraini man, with two children, including the deceased’s nine-year-old daughter, Amrit Preet Kaur, who suffered a fractured collarbone.
Ms Singh and her daughter Amrit
Miraculously Vaibhava and the other unnamed girl escaped with only minor bruises.
His dad, Manoj Mayannour, told the GDN that his son was recovering at home after being discharged from Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) following concussion concerns which later developed.
“He can’t remember what happened that night, and doctors told him it was because of the shock and that he’d eventually regain his memory in a week or two,” he said.
“The doctors told us not to tell him about Ms Singh’s death, but I believe a friend called him and told him – ever since then he has been in a state of shock.”
Vaibhava is a well-known hip hop dancer. Young Amrit was a talented member of his dancing troupe that performed all across the country.
Vaibhava, one of the four passengers who escaped without any injuries
“Ms Singh was a good friend, and Vaibhava had gone out with them on Friday, along with one more girl, who is also on their team,” Mr Mayannour explained.
All involved in the accident were taken to King Hamad University Hospital (KHUH) and Ms Singh, of Indian heritage, was pronounced dead upon arrival. The walking wounded were later released after check-ups. Later that night, however, Vaibhava started feeling sick and complaining of a headache and was taken to SMC. He was kept under observation and later released.
The schoolgirl suffered a right collarbone fracture. Medics have yet to break the news of her mother’s death.
The driver’s injuries have been classified as ‘moderate traumatic’ and he is suffering pain on his left side. Investigators have been told that he may have inadvertently jumped a red light when the car behind honked him to get moving. Investigations are continuing.
The condition of the other car’s driver, a Bahraini woman, is not known.
A diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Riyadh, which is also responsible for Bahrain, told the GDN that the mission was aware of ‘some cases that require consular assistance in Bahrain’, but declined to elaborate, citing the country’s strict privacy act.
Another fatal accident occurred in Hamad Town in the early hours of Saturday. A young Bahraini woman passenger was killed when the car she was travelling in, driven by a Bahraini man, collided with a bus that had stopped to allow labourers to disembark.
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