JAISALMER: Three accident victims died in Barmer district on Tuesday even as onlookers kept clicking

selfies

and recorded videos instead of helping the injured.

Around 2pm, the trio — Parmanand (27), Gemaram(30) and Chandaram (30) — met with an accident when a school bus hit their bike near Chautahan. While Parmanand died on the spot, Gemaram and Chandaram lay on the road in a pool of blood for over half an hour. No one took them to the hospital. Chandaram kept pleading for help, but onlookers were busy

clicking selfies

and recording videos, said police sources. When police finally reached, it was too late. Gemaram and Chandaram died while being taken to the hospital. Police said the deaths could have been prevented if medical assistance was provided on time.

The trio worked as labour contractors at a cement factory in Gujarat. They had come to Rajasthan for employing labourers and were supposed to return to Gujarat after two days. Gemraram is survived by his wife and twoyear-old son while Chandaram left behind his parents, wife and a five-month-old daughter. Parmanand was unmarried, said police.