I was on my way in cab to office in the morning of February 1, when I came across an accident. In the remote roadway of Chik Thirupati, Malur road, Karnataka, two boys, both not older than 25 years, had met with a bike accident from driving rashly. I stopped my cab, and went to inspect the victim’s condition. Many onlookers gathered, but no one had called the ambulance. When I noticed that few people were about to give water to the victims, I immediately stopped them. Only one victim was breathing, but he was semi-conscious and couldn’t give back proper response. Though, I didn’t have a first-aid kit, I made the scene safe. My office employees phoned the ambulance and they came to know that it would arrive in an hour.

Even after I asked many times, nobody was ready to give a piece of cloth to arrest bleeding. Finally, my cab driver brought a new cloth for me, and I rendered first-aid. It wasn’t sufficient and after sometime one of the victims’ phones rang. I immediately attended the call and asked the person to come there. At the same time, I was arranging a vehicle that could carry the victim to hospital. Without proper support, the victim got into the car. The friend arrived at the scene in a few minutes and I sent him off in the car to hospital. Though it was challenging for me, I am happy that I was able to give first-aid assistance, that I learned at ALERT, to the save accident victims.