Hyderabad: Ayazuddin, son of former cricketer and Moradabad MP Mohammad Azharuddin, passed away on Friday, five days after being critically injured in a road accident in Hyderabad. The 19-year-old was critically injured when the Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike he was riding on the Outer Ring Road, skidded and crashed near the tollgate at Poppalguda. Ayazuddin responded to resuscitation and was later operated on to stop the bleeding in his chest. His kidneys were also damaged.
"Ayazuddin, son of former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, dies five days after being critically injured in road accident," doctors said in a statement. It was learnt that his chances of survival were close to impossible as tests indicated dysfunction of his brain, a medical bulletin said. In a medical bulletin issued yesterday, Apollo Hospitals (Central Region) CEO Dr K Hari Prasad said, "Brain function tests conducted on Ayazuddin (in the past few days) indicate brain dysfunction. And his status remains critical."
Ayazuddin's cousin, Ajmal-ur-Rahman (16), who was riding pillion, too succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. Witnesses told the police the rider was racing at a very high speed on the elevated outer ring road and lost control of the bike. Commuters on the route alerted the police and a patrol vehicle from a nearby police station arrived soon. The police team failed to get an ambulance and had to take the profusely bleeding cousins in their patrol vehicle to the hospital, losing an hour in the process.