Abdul Rashid was flung 6ft into the air when a freak accident saw the tyre he was inflating for a school bus in Koteshwar, near Mumbai in India, suddenly explode
India: Teen garage worker thrown into air while pumping up a tyre
Horror footage captures the moment a teenager was flung 6ft in the air when a tyre exploded.
Abdul Rashid, 19, is fighting for life in hospital following the freak accident at the garage where he works. He was inflating the tyre for a school bus but it suddenly exploded, sending the teen back in recoil.
It is believed the tyre had a puncture and Abdul was working to mend it in the garage in Koteshwar, near Mumbai, when the freak accident happened. The blast created a cloud of dust in the air and a deafening noise.
CCTV captured the young man flipping 360 degrees. It shows Abdul land near another vehicle on the forecourt but, incredibly, he tries to sit himself up after the explosion.
The tyre was chucked 30ft into the sky before crashing down on the ground. It landed near the yellow bus parked adjacent to the garage on National Highway-66, a major road which runs roughly north-south along the western coast of India.
The nature of Abdul’s injuries has not been disclosed to the press, but it is believed he is in a life-threatening condition in hospital. He was dashed there by ambulance after witnesses rushed to his aid.
Another young person was rushed to hospital recently when a wheel bolt became embedded in his skull in Conceicao das Alagoas, Brazil. The nine-year-old boy was riding his bicycle when he suddenly crashed and fell off before the bike somersaulted mid-air and landed on top of him. The child was hit by the rear wheel with such force that it buried the hub’s central bolt in his skull.
Alarming X-ray images before his surgery on December 12 showed the bolt inside his skull, just fractions of an inch from his brain. Firefighters who arrived on the scene used bolt cutters and angle grinders to cut away the wheel before surgeons took over to remove the bolt.
