Managing director driving at night involved in accident....

Many companies educate their workers that safety does not end at the gates leaving their factories. Safety is a mindset, be safe while working, be safe while away from the job. Many companies talk about the importance of safe driving when away for work. Here is a recent incident that the driver was not at fault and is lucky to be alive. Here is a story from last year that sat in the "draft" folder and was not published.

Police are trying to nab the driver of the tractor that hit the car in which the managing director of an aluminium company was travelling one night in March 2018.

The incident took place around 23:50 when the managing director and his wife were returning from after attending a programme of the launch jointly organized by the aluminium company and a local railway. Both of them had suffered injuries on their head and are undergoing treatment at a private hospital here. They have been stated to be out of danger.

Inspector in charge of the local police station, said that they were trying to nab the driver of the tractor.

"We have already seized the tractor. It seems that the tractor driver was responsible for the accident as the tractor was being driven in wrong direction," said police inspector.

Wrong side driving have emerged as a major concern for the police in the city and outskirts. As per official statistics, more than 20,000 people were penalised for driving on wrong side in India in 2017.

"Wrong-side driving near Uttara on the city outskirts has led to several accidents in recent past. Most of the times, vehicles drive on the wrong side to cover less distance in the city and . Wrong-side driving possesses extreme danger for other vehicles," said a senior police officer.

Transport officials said that they would soon start a drive to curb wrong-side driving on the national highway connecting Bhubaneswar and Puri.

"We will penalise those driving on wrong side. We may also suspend the driving licences of repeat offenders," said a transport official of Puri district.

We are thankful that the occupants of this car were not killed and hopefully will recover fully from their injuries.

On our travels around the world. Many times we have been instructed not to drive after sunset. We always listened to our hosts but wondered if they were being over cautious. Apparently they were not.

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