The driver of a senior medical officer at the civil hospital here died behind the wheel after falling unconscious on Friday morning, causing their car to crash into another vehicle in Field Ganj.
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Senior medical officer Dr Harpreet Singh, who was in the back seat, sustained a fractured leg in the accident. “I was in the rear seat. He perhaps had a stroke and fell unconscious while driving. I thought that he had fallen asleep and tried to wake him up. Within seconds, the vehicle rammed into a Nexon car running ahead of us,” recalled Dr Singh.
The deceased has been identified as Jatinder Sachdeva, 40.
“He had been my personal driver for eight years. I don’t know what just happened,” the SMO said.