Kolkata: It was a narrow escape for 18-year-old Prantika Goswami, a tourism management student who jumped out of a minibus on Majerhat Bridge as it caved in on Tuesday, in front of her eyes.
She has been undergoing treatment at the new observation ward of SSKM Hospital but is yet to recover from the shock of what she had gone through. The incident has left Prantika so traumatised that she is still unable to talk to her family members.
A second year student of tourism management in
Pailan College of Manage-
ment and Technology, Prantika had never thought that she might encounter such an incident, the very thought of which made her family members nervous even a day after the incident.
A shiver ran down his spine when Prantika's father Sambhunath Goswami recounted the incident at SSKM Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. He also narrated their mental condition when his daughter did not receive their call despite repeated attempts.
A local priest, Goswami toils hard to provide quality education to his daughter. The girl is also committed to realise her dream to be a successful tourism management professional.
"My daughter was returning home from her college in a minibus of Behala-Howrah route, at the time of the accident. When a portion of the bridge caved in, she threw herself out of the bus through the door to save herself. My panic stricken girl must have thought that this could save her life," Goswami said.
A resident of Bhawanipore, Goswami also said that they had tried to contact her as the incident flashed on television, but her mobile phone went unanswered for the next 20 minutes. Later, a local resident picked up the phone and told the family members that she had received injuries in the accident.
After being informed they rushed to the hospital and found her at the emergency ward.
According to the hospital sources the girl's condition is stable but she is yet to recover from the shock. She has also been complaining about head pain.
The family members said that she has also suffered some injuries in her legs. The doctors at the hospital might heal her wounds in the next couple of days but the trauma of the incident might haunt the girl for the next few months.