10 facts about Gopinath Mundes death NEW DELHI: Rural development minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday morning in a road accident in Delhi when he was going towards the IGI airport. Here are 10 facts about Gopinath Mundes accident and death: (1) Gopinath Munde, the OBC face of BJP in Maharashtra, died apparently of shock and cardiac arrest suffered during a road accident on Tuesday morning. (2) The 64-year-old Munde, who made his entry into the Union Cabinet for the first time after the Lok Sabha polls, was on his way to the airport when his car was hit by another vehicle at Prithviraj road-Tughlak road roundabout. (3) He was brought to the emergency department of Jai Prakash Narain Apex Trauma Centre, AIIMS at 6:30am by his personal assistant and driver. Munde was sitting in the backseat of his car which was hit by another car at around 6:20am from the side he was sitting. (4) On his arrival at the Trauma Centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse, no cardiac activity. So immediately Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was started and continued for the next 15 minutes. Despite resuscitative measures, Munde could not be revived and was declared dead at 7:20 AM. (5) Munde was hypertensive and a sugar patient. (6) The offending vehicle was an Indica car which jumped the traffic signal at Aurobindo Chowk and collided with the Maruti Suzuki SX 4 in which Munde was travelling towards Safdarjung road from Prithviraj road. The Indica was coming towards Tughlaq road, a little over a km from the Prime Minister Narendra Modis official residence, and hit Mundes car towards the passenger side where Munde was sitting. Munde fell on the seat immediately after the car was hit. (7) The driver of the Indica car was detained from the spot and later arrested by police. (8) Munde had some minor aberrations on his nose. After the accident, Munde sought water and asked his driver to take him to the hospital. (9) Munde is survived by his wife and three daughters, one of whom is an MLA from Parli in Maharashtras Beed district. (10) Mundes body will be kept at the BJP headquarters between 12:30pm and 1:30pm before being shifted to Latur. (With inputs from PTI)
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 06:27:23 +0000
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