The Road Accident : How did it happen ?

Half-way through the distance, from our college, there is this stop called Landran from where we take a turn to the city. We (I and my friend, Ranchit) had barely covered another mile, when we noticed 2 guys riding another bike right in the middle of the road, just in front of us.

Asking for side, Ranchit blew the horn of our bike and seeing them slow down a bit, accelerated to overtake them. The guys on the other bike probably had neither heard us blowing horn behind them, nor did they notice that we were speeding to overtake them.

This generally happens when people use cheap helmets (from the road side vendors, again…) that are stuffed with thermocol like vegetables in a burger from McDonald's. These helmets do no good else than blocking the horns, whistles from policemen, etc.

When we were crossing the bikers, the pillion rider shouted out to his mate to pull aside for a glass of sugar cane juice from one of the stalls. His right arm that he stretched out to signal to the other side of the road, almost hit Ranchit in face. The driver was shocked by the unexpected order that was conveyed as some emergency signal! He turned the handle to the left and then right like a flickering tube light. He soon lost control over the bike and started skidding to his right.

The tail of their bike crashed into the fairing of our ‘Karizma’ (that’s the bike). Then our handle got locked in their rear stock and this is from where the disaster started. Along with theirs, our bike too started skidding to the right. Because we were at a greater speed our bike crashed on the road with me skidding ahead of it. Ranchit was still on the bike trying to brake so that we don’t hit any of the trees or stalls at much speed. The pillion rider on the other bike fell upon him and dismounted Ranchit from the bike.:'(

The Setting: The Heat and The Cure

Its summer time in India and the weather is unexceptionally hot and humid. These are the days when the busiest roads are lined with more stalls than the eucalyptus trees ( planted by the municipal corporation) interspersed with wild grass. These stalls sell fruits like oranges & mangoes in bulk at prices less than the city fruit markets.

Then their are these stalls that sell refreshing glasses of ice-chilled Sugarcane Juice. Each of these is quite busy with a large number of commuters stopping by to have a glass or two, of the 'cure of the scorching summer heat.' After the accident had took place, one of these vendors had provided water to wash our wounds and to drink.

My College : Shahid Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology

Shahid Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology is located on a busy highway at about 25 kilometers from Chandigarh City, where I live with my younger brother.


I and my friend, Ranchit, were riding back from the college after appearing for our last of the external examinations, Manufacturing Practices when the accident took place.

The Road Accident on Saturday

If you follow me on Twitter, you might already know that I had a serious road accident while returning from college on Saturday (17th May, 2008), on a bike with my friend, Ranchit.

In this blog, I'll tell you what really happened that day.