Golfer Diksha Dagar unscathed after car accident in Paris, mother hospitalised

Paris: Indian golfer Diksha Dagar met with an accident on her way to the Games Village in Paris but is doing fine and will be competing in her event as planned. The incident took place on Tuesday night when Dagar was returning from a function at India House. Along with Dagar, her father and caddie Col Naren Dagar, her mother and brother were also in the car, which was hit by another vehicle.

While nothing major happened to Dagar, her mother suffered injuries and is under treatment at a local hospital. She is believed to have suffered a suspected injury in her spinal area. According to Col Dagar, Diksha is fine and will play the event as per schedule from August 7 and is also going for practice.

Dagar’s mother will have to be in hospital for a few days for treatment as the extent of her injury will be known only after few tests and diagnosis. Their car was just crossing when the light turned and there was an ambulance on the side. A second car which was on the other side of the ambulance was not visible to Diksha’s driver and it hit them from the side, a source said.