28-year-old Indian news anchor Supreet Kaur was live on air when a reporter called in to deliver news of a road accident in Chattisgarh that killed three of the five passengers.
The reporter joined her on air to give more details about the accident when Kaur realised it could be her husband. The reporter gave details of a Renault Duster carrying five passengers being hit by a truck in Mahasamund which left three dead.
The reporter did not take names but Kaur soon realised it was her husband.
“As she read out the news, she found out that it was the vehicle her husband was to travel in in that region on the same day. Even though the reporter on the ground did not give out names, the team could tell that she had found out. The production team had also just found out, but could not tell her as she was live on television,’’ said a senior editor with IBC 24, one of Chhattisgarh’s leading Hindi channels to .
She broke down once the cameras were off.
“There were five people in the Renault Duster vehicle that they were traveling in and another unidentified vehicle, most likely a truck, hit them from behind. The damage to the vehicle was terrible and three people died with two others grievously injured… (Kaur’s husband) Harshad Kawade, a Raipur resident, was one of them,” a police officer said.
The editor, who has not been named in the report, said that the channel was extremely proud of the way Kaur handled the situation. “It speaks volumes about her sense of duty and professionalism,’’ the editor .
“The instant the cameras went off she began calling her relatives and broke down into tears. She left for the accident site after that.”
