Boat's glass door cracks, girl in ICU as shards pierce her
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Navi Mumbai: An 8-year-old girl was severely injured after a glass door of a floating restaurant was shattered and glass shards pierced her all over the body. The girl's parents were celebrating their wedding anniversary on board the ferry boat which was sailing off Belapur jetty on Tuesday evening.
The child, Sanvi Patil, sustained severe gashes on the hands and legs, has a cut on the lips, and also has minor injuries to the head. She is recovering in the intensive care unit of a private hospital.
The girl was headed towards a wash basin located behind the 7-foot-high glass door which cracked, and the glass pieces fell on her.
The girl's father, Pravin Patil, on Friday lodged a police complaint against against Rajesh Nair, owner of the restaurant Flodine Cruise.
The girl's father has stated in the complaint that he had booked tickets for a two-hour cruise on the floating restaurant for the family — his wife, daughter and himself.
At 6.30 pm, the ferry boat set out from Belapur jetty with around 25 passengers. Around 30 minutes into the deep sea, they cut a cake after which the girl was walking towards the wash basin when the glass door cracked and huge glass pieces fell on her, states the complaint.
Hearing the girl's screams, the couple rushed towards the child who had fallen on the floor, big shards and smithereens embedded all over her, says the complaint lodged by the girl's father who is district president of NCP (SP) Navi Mumbai Machimaar cell
"She was crying in pain due to a deep gash on the arm and below the knees... Her eyes were not hurt as she was wearing spectacles," the complaint says.
The father has alleged that there was no first aid kit on board.
"The restaurant staff and owner gave us tissue paper and turmeric to cover the wounds. I did not apply turmeric, but covered the wounds with a handkerchief to prevent excessive loss of blood," he has stated, adding that he requested the owner to arrange for a speed boat to reach the shore quickly, but he did not arrange for it.
It took around 30 minutes for the ferry boat to reach Belapur jetty. When they reached the jetty, the boat owner had not even arranged for an ambulance, the girl's father has said, adding that he (the father) had by then contacted his relative, and the relative got there by a car.
The family rushed the child to the hospital, the complaint says.
The father said that while a ticket for the cruise costs Rs 1,350 per person, he had got them at a discounted price of Rs 650 per head.
The owner of the floating restaurant has been booked for 'endangering life or personal safety of others', under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.
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