‘Don’t pick them up like a ragdoll…’: Ajith Kumar’s advice to ‘good Samaritans’ helping road accident victims

Tamil cinema icon Ajith Kumar, who is basking in the limelight after his team recently secured third place in the Dubai 24 Hours race, shared some safety tips that ‘good Samaritans’ should follow while helping road accident victims.

Ajith stressed that it is necessary to prioritize the safety and well-being of the participants and not take matters into their own hands. The actor feels that when one sees a road accident victim, it is best not to lift him up like a ragdoll and “push him into a car or a taxi”. Instead, he called an ambulance and waited for paramedics to arrive, he said in an interview with Gulf News.

Sharing a personal anecdote, he said: “It happened to a very close friend of mine, he was in a car accident in Pune and the locals around him thought they were very kind, that they were good Samaritans; (they) picked him up, I broke his vertebrae… The poor man is now tied to Wheelchair I’m not trying to say we need to educate people about this, but they should be told “You can’t run up to an accident victim on the road and pick him up like a ragdoll and push him into a car or a car.” Fare.” Wait for the paramedics to arrive.”

Then some people tend to give them (road accident victims) water. He added that if this person needs immediate surgery, you cannot perform surgery immediately because this person has consumed water… it could (take his life).

“In India, and most parts of the world, people think they are good Samaritans. They see an accident victim on the road and they go and pick them up and put them in the car. If the person, unfortunately, suffers a spinal injury, you disfigure them for life,” the actor said.

Kumar Racing Team made a sensational debut at the Michelin 24 Hours of Dubai Endurance Race, taking third place in the 991 class. In addition to this victory, Kumar was honored with the prestigious “Spirit of Racing” award in the GT4 class.