A few resettled Bhutanese were injured when an overtaking car hit and veered off a van on Tuesday morning at 4:30 am local time. Of them, one is critical.
According to the report, Rohit Dhakal, 32, was seriously injured when a car driven by another resettled fellow of Beldangi-II allegedly collided with a van carrying seven passengers while overtaking. However, the car driver is yet to be identified, Dhakal’s wife Hemu Dhakal told.
“He is critically injured and being treated in the hospital now,” Hemu told Bhutan News Service.
According to her, Rohit was airlifted from the accident site and hospitalized immediately. At the hospital he underwent a surgical operation for five hours and is being treated at ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
The driver of the van, who received minor injuries, is reported to have told Hemu that the vehicle over-turned a number of times before its tyre got blown off.
The investigation in the mishap has been underway, added she.
Is this Rohit Dhakal from Bel-1? He was my student at TRSS in 1995.
Sorry to hear the accident and I wish for his early recovery. Take care.
It is so sad and I am so shocked to learn about another van accident in about one month in Georgia, that I just cannot write anything.
Let us all pray to God that all of the people who got hurt, receive full recovery soon.
Mr. Shahid M. Pasha, Massachusetts, USA
@Shantiram Sir,
Sir the rohit dhakal you are talking about is here hale and hearty..that might be different.. anyways it is really a bad news to hear.
Let him get well soon.
I am awfully shocked to hear the tragic accident unfolded yet again in Atlanta. Rohit Dhakal and his family of four people arrived in Atlanta in the second week of Jan 2011, with a big dream to ease the stressed camp life in the land of opportunities. The life threatening car accidents again snatch his dream and aspirations. The family members, his mum and wife Hamu, are shocked at heart and it is hard to recover from this trauma.
I hope that the Bhutanese communities of Atlanta are already working towards facilitating the compensation for the victim’s pain sufferings and his injuries inflicted due to the accident.
Thanks
Its sad to learn that one of my old classmates and a good friend, Mr. Rohit Dhakal met with such a terrible car crash.I pray for his/others’ speedy recovery. Hope things go pretty well and straight. Santi Ram ji, Rohit was previously from Bel-2 etx. and was in the TRSS during the year 1998-2000.
California.
OMG!!!!! Very shocked to hear such a bad news of my friend. My pray for Rohit for quickest recovery. Rohit get well soon.
I just heard this news yesterday and so shocked, Mr.Rohit Dhakal is my best classmate from Bhutan to Beldangi.I feel so sad ,and I hope he will be okey pretty soon.Dear Rohit sathi…..I remember our unadventurous past days….. and hoping to do something in future.
Boise,City USA
Above correction(in place of “unadventurous” use the word (adventurous}
our people will never learn from the mistakes other make, few weeks back there was such big accident supposed to eye opener for all reseltted people to learn from and drive safe, but to me now i think the crazy people who did not have cycle in camps now have cars and drive like monkey in US roads.
If some one is showring symapathy here, i am sorry people are misinformed , but actual is they were racing each other and collided with VAN , i refer to saying little knowlege is dangerous and if people who do not have capacity to earn cycle riding have car and this is the fate, else you can drive safe slow and earn in America. The youth needs to changes attitudes and not behaive like some one coming out of Jungle and seen car for the first time.
My prayers to all who are injured in the accidents. It is hard and bad times for all to hear this repeated story of our fellow bhutanese guys.All dreams never come true.
Robi, please don’t be a numbnuts. In a great misfortune like this, be a friend or a foe we have sympathy. What do you think sympathy really is? Please don’t play with someones feeling. People who sympathise could be a friend, relative or a complete stranger.. but a human. They ain’t statue with flesh and blood like you. Animals also show sympathy and affection in their mates sorrow and you fall below them. Let bygones be bygones.. Please do not add vinegar to the wound.The victim have been in the states for 2months haven’t got a car has an old mum and family to support and was being picked by his mates for job. So remember my friend,……………………….
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.
Wish him fast recovery.
Dear Robi Timsina,
Your comment convey the message but the way you presented or expressed is little rude, aggressive and not that civilized.
I admire your caution for safety and warn to get familiarize in the changing circumstances, which is very obvious. We and our people acquire qualities as per the place, time and situation. When we were at Bhutan, we walked and rode the horses to meet our transportation needs. When we were at refugee camp, as per our capacity and weight of our pockets, we used bicycles either for forward or backward linkages from our settlement to the respective destinations. And when the people got resettled at huge cosmopolitan urban hubs they began to drive to function their daily activities. What is there to blame for the background, situational constraints and other limitations?
Accidents are not intentional that is why it is termed as ‘accidents’. We used to fall down while riding horses, we met many cycle accidents and dealt but the casualty would be little minor. They too are accidents. In motor accidents, with the speed and weight, the impact would be heavy and degree would be too fatal. One cannot prevent but if we’re little bit conscious we can minimize such disasters.
And I understand that they were not trying to kill themselves.
COME ON.
Dear Robi Timsina,
Accident; Any time, Anywhere and to Anyone.If you can’t make sympathy to the pain you have no right to make such poor and uncivilized comment.
Hari Timsina
Decatur,Georgia.