Senior TOI scribe dies in Jaisalmer road accident

JAIPUR:

Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey

, a senior journalist with The Times of India, Kolkata, died in a road accident near Jaisalmer on Wednesday. Her son and mother, who were travelling with her, sustained injuries but were out of danger.

According to Sadar police station SHO Arun Kumar, a car rammed into the hired vehicle in which the family of four were travelling. Jhimli (49), seated right behind the driver, bore the brunt of the impact. “Three other persons were also injured in the accident: her son Vaibhav (14), her mother Bulbul Mukherjee (75) and the car driver Indranil. Her husband, Ramesh Pandey, is fine,” he said.

The family had tavelled from Ahmedabad to Jaisalmer and were returning after visiting the fort. Police said the accident took place shortly after 4pm on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway near the war museum at Thaiyat village, about 12 km away from Jaisalmer city.

“A preliminary examination of the accident scene indicates that a car travelling towards Jaisalmer smashed into the right side of the vehicle in which the family was headed towards Jodhpur. The taxi thereafter skidded before it careened off the road,” Kumar said.

Jhimli was a Senior Assistant Editor with The Times of India, Kolkata. She had worked in the organization for over two decades, covering education, communities and heritage with distinction.