Kin deny they were drunk, regret public apathy

NEW DELHI: The families of the two youths killed in an accident on the Dwarka flyover on Tuesday evening are in a state of shock. And compounding their grief is the realisation that had the boys been rushed to hospital on time, they might have been alive today.
Agitated about the fact that victim Suresh Kumar could have been saved had he got immediate medical attention, his brother Lal Singh said, "It's a city without mercy and that's the reason why no one bothered to rush my brother to the hospital immediately.Every one waited for the police to come and take action resulting in the waste of the golden hour."
Recalling the events Lal Singh added,"Suresh and Kirti were on their way to Chankyapuri from Najaf Vihar when the accident took place. Suresh had gone to Najaf Vihar in Dabri to have a look at our new house but little did he know that he would never be able to live in that house."
According to the family members of the deceased, both Kirti and Suresh lay injured on the road below for close to an hour after toppling over from the bridge.
Though the post-mortem reports stated that alcohol had been detected in the bodies of the deceased, their families and well-wishers were however not willing to accept the finding.
Said Shamim Akhtar, the manager of the tourist firm where Kirti worked as a helper, "I have known the boy for the last five years, and forget about alcohol, he did not even touch tobacco products. The reports are nothing but an attempt to project this as a case of drunken driving." Added Lal Singh,"My brother worked as a sales executive and had to interact with people continuously and since he had been busy throughout the day with official work, there was no scope of him being drunk."
Said a devastated Ashok Kumar, Kirti's father: "It's my misfortune to have lost my son. But if the authorities don't want such accidents to happen frequently, they need to work on safety measures on the flyover. Putting up meshes on the railings could be the starting step. It can at least prevent people from toppling off the bridge, thus saving lives."