‘We wanted to see the Taj Mahal during sunrise’
day. There was a one-and-a-half hour waiting time at almost all the places. So, we decided to go to Murthal.
One of us borrowed the car from a relative, and we informed our parents. Till then, we had not thought of going to Agra. It was only once we were on the road we decided on going to Agra. All of us wanted to see the Taj Mahal during the sun rise.
I was very excited as this was the first time that I was going out of town with my friends. It has just been two months since I joined AIIMS in mid-january, after I finished my MBBS from a medical college in Guwahati.
We thought of having our dinner on the way at a dhaba. It was around 1:30am. After we left, the roads were deserted. We were relaxed and all of us were talking merrily. We never thought something like this could ever happen to us. I was sitting at the back of the car with Catherine and Himbala, so I did not have a good view of the road. But, suddenly we felt an impact and after that I do not remember much. I must have passed out.
I just remember someone pulling me out of the car, Catherine was lying in an ambulance, I was asked to lie down on the seat next to her. Last I remember of Himbala, she was lying inside the car.
Then, I remember waking up at the hospital. The first thing I did after I was conscious was to call my parents and tell them about the accident.
The two guys sitting in the middle seats had their seat belts on, so they weren’t severely injured. I think they remember what happened, they saw the whole thing. But they haven’t told me anything.