Aarey helicopter crash: After pilot, passenger succumbs to injuries

Ritesh Modi (35) who suffered from severe brain injuries following the crash of the helicopter crash at Filter Pada areas of Aarey Colony in Goregaon was declared dead at 9.10 pm on Tuesday night, his doctors said. Ritesh was being treated at the Seven Hills hospital in Marol and was on a joy ride along with his wife Vrinda when the crash occurred on Sunday. His condition was critical condition since the crash and he was on life support system.

While the pilot of the private helicopter Praful Mishra (53) was brought dead to the

hospital, both Ritesh’s wife Vrinda (34) and the technician Sanjeev Shankar are stable and out of danger.

Earlier in the day on Tuesday a plastic surgeons evaluated Vrinda who had suffered around 35-40% burns and carried out a debridement in which the damaged tissue or foreign objects are removed from a wound. She has suffered superficial burns on her neck, hands, palms and back the hospital said.

Sanjeev is out of the ICU but has suffered displacement and small fractures which will not need any surgical intervention. He will be treated conservatively with Plaster of Paris cast.