Mourning -2
A Young Life ...
* In the Intervening Night of Wednesday / Thursday, a Cheerful and Helpful Younger Brother of My Brother-in-Law, Husband of My Sister, perished in an Auto Accident outside Hyderabad.
* He was asked by his Boss to attend a Meeting the Next Morning at a Remote Place near Warangal. Noramally, he would have left for that place by an early morning direct bus … The “Boss’s” ‘Must’ Order made him leave shortly after the Night Meal. He reached a place near the “Meeting Place” around 2 AM … with no onward Bus available to take him to his Destination … He got into an Auto along with Two Others to go to a Place for Onward Bus Connection.
* The Auto Fellow seemed to be in a hurry - as they normally are – and going Fast … He wanted to change the “Cassette” for some “blaring” Music to entertain his Passengers and to keep himself, awake, perhaps … He could have stopped and done what he wanted … He bent to change … saw a speeding Lorry rushing towards his Auto … he lost control … he jumped out and ran away … the other two too ran away probably injured after the Auto somersaulted into the Roadside Ditches near the Culvert …
* The Young “Cousin” of mine must have hit the Auto Rod(s) and instantaneously died … He was found unmoved and seated … Next Morning by some Eenadu Journalist who saw the Auto in a Ditch …
* The 46 Year Old Banker due for aPromotio Shortly, Happy Father of a Brilliant Computer Engineering Student Boy and a Budding Bio-Technologist Girl and Gentle Husband of a Beloved Wife, is NO MORE … This is difficult to hear as well as believe or bear with this tragic Fact of Fate …
* A number of Questions / Aspects arise … Why did the “Boss” say “Must” to the Meeting … The Auto Design with Rods Everywhere are Deathtraps even in Normal Traffic … Either the Users must wear Helmets OR the Rods have to be padded … Why this Craze for Music / Noise in a Moving Vehicle which is more distracting and menacing, in fact Fatal as in this Case … The Condemnable Behaviour of the Driver and Co-Passengers in Running Away.
The Eldest Brother (My Brother-in-Law) of the Deceased is a Doctor in Rural Area of Coastal Andhra … One Ever Helpful and Cheerful … He has been a Source of Inspiration and Help to ALL his Kith & Kin and Friends … I can only Mourn and Pray for Grace of the Almighty to him, his Brothers and Sisters in their Time of Grief.