Jaisalmer mishap: Driver succumbs to injuries

Jaisalmer: The 26-year-old driver of the hired car which had met with an accident in

Jaisalmer

, in which a senior TOI journalist lost her life, succumbed to his injuries late on Wednesday night. The driver, identified as

Dhruvnil

, was initially admitted to a hospital in Jaisalmer but referred to

Jodhpur

due to his critical condition. He died while being taken to Jodhpur. Dhruvnil was driving the family of the deceased 49-year-old

Jhimli

Mukherjee Pandey to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer when their hired car and another car coming from the opposite direction rammed into each other. Jhimli, a senior journalist with The Times of India, Kolkata, bore the brunt of the impact while her mother and her son were injured. They are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jodhpur. Her husband, who was also travelling with them, is fine.

Arun Choudhary

, SHO at Jaisalmer’s Sadar Police Station, said on getting the information of driver's death, head constable Bheekh Singh Rathore was sent to Jodhpur and after the post-mortem, Dhruvnil’s body was handed over to his mother. The car was hired from a travel agency in Ahmedabad. Police are investigating the case.