A Bengaluru resident has triggered a debate about the state of emergency services in the country after witnessing the aftermath of a traffic accident near their apartment. After looking out from the balcony, they saw an accident involving two cars with people crowding around the scene.
In a now-viral social media post titled, “A realisation truck hit me yesterday,” the resident said they were suddenly woken up by a loud boom around 2 am.
A Bengaluru resident reports no ambulance or police arrival 30 minutes after the car accident.
Meanwhile, the crowd continued to swell. No ambulance, no police, yet people still continued to crowd. So naturally, my friend and I went down to understand what was actually happening,” they wrote. The driver was badly injured and lying on the floor while his friends were behaving in an aggressive manner. All you can do is hope and pray that you never have to need it. what is the use of the emergency numbers if people do not ring them at the earliest, or they don’t get dispatched asap?”
there was no sign of a police vehicle or an ambulance arriving on the scene While 15 minutes had passed since the accident. “15 minutes had passed.
The resident said they dialled the emergency number, only to be told the police team had been ‘dispatched’. A fourth said: “Emergency services are practically non-existent in this country.
