THANE: The parents of 21-year-old Nihar Gole, who lost his life in a car accident in Mulund on the Eastern Express Highway early on Saturday, donated his eyes. Nihar’s father Pramod, a retired Air India employee, and mother Neena, who works as a senior clerk at the Thane Municipal Corporation, said this way, their travel-loving son could continue seeing the world.The accident took place when Gole was returning to his Thane home after partying with a group of more than 20 friends. His cousin and closest friend Yash Choughule had received his US visa and the group had gone to a hotel in Andheri (E) on Friday to celebrate the occasion.Nihar and Yash died on the spot while three others from their group sustained severe injuries after their car lost control, jumped the divider and rammed into a tanker coming from the opposite side.“While two of the boys were dead on arrival, our emergency medical team rushed to stabilise the other three youths within the golden hour. Nihar’s parents arrived at the hospital soon after hearing about the accident, and even though they were still in shock, they voluntarily told us they wanted to donate his eyes. They told us he loved travelling,” said Dr Sandeep Gore, head of emergency medicine at Mulund’s Fortis hospital.Speaking about the tragedy, advocate Madhavi Naik, a family friend of the Goles, said, “Nihar was conceived after 11 years of Pramod and Neena’s marriage. He loved sports, travelling and putting up pictures on social media. We were sure he was going to be a very successful model.”

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