CHICAGO (CBS) — A horrific accident in India killed a suburban tech CEO and severely injured the corporate’s president, and the entire thing was caught on video.
What was designed to be a celebration of success turned tragic after they fell 15 ft in entrance of a packed viewers throughout a theatric onstage entrance at an organization celebration.
Video on social media captures the corporate’s silver jubilee celebrations–and the freak accident.
A CBS affiliate in India says this occurred Thursday evening. There have been 700 folks in attendance on the two day occasion to mark Vistex Asia’s profitable 25 years within the business.
One of many highlights of the occasion was an aerial present. A specifically designed stage fabricated from wooden was elevated 20 ft above the concrete state utilizing a crane. CEO Sanjay Shah, 56, and the president of the corporate, Raju Datla, 52, had been in an iron cage.
They had been speculated to be lowered down. Nonetheless, issues didn’t go in line with plan.
The iron chain supporting the cage broke on one facet, inflicting each of them to fall 15 ft to the stage.
They had been each rushed to the hospital.
Shah injured his leg and hand. Datla suffered a extreme head damage.
Shah died on the hospital, and Datla is in important situation.
The Vistex flag now sits at half employees in Barrington. Vistex is a multinational software program firm based by Shah in 1999.
CBS’s India affiliate says a case has been registered in opposition to the Movie Metropolis Occasion Administration based mostly on a criticism made by somebody from the corporate.
Vistex has 20 international workplaces and greater than 2,000 staff.
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