Manoj Tiwari with one of the motorcycle riders who was injured in the accident

Bhojpuri film superstar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, played the Good Samaritan when two youths on a motorcycle hit his vehicle on Wednesday night.

Tiwari was returning to Patna after attending the pre-nuptial ceremony of popular Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh to catch a flight to Delhi, when two young men riding a motorcycle suddenly appeared in front of his vehicle on the highway.

“I was travelling along with three other persons in my car. We all screamed when we saw the youths, who had suddenly appeared on the highway from an adjoining road near Rajpur village between Bihta and Patna. They were only at a distance of 10 metre or so,” Tiwari said.

“Our driver applied the brakes bringing the vehicle to a halt but a collision could not be avoided,” he added.

Tiwari, who hails from Kaimur district in Bihar, said that the youngsters were not wearing helmets and were bleeding after the accident.

Tiwari said that he also received some injuries to his leg.

“I came out of my vehicle to move the injured youth and their motorcycle away from the middle of the highway,” he said.

According to Tiwari, the condition of the motorcycle riders seemed to be serious.

“While one of them was writhing in pain, another had already fainted,” he said.

“He regained consciousness when I sprinkled water on him” he added.

“My associate travelling with me asked me to leave the scene of accident as I had to catch a flight from Patna to Delhi. Since I had to attend the ongoing Parliament session, I also thought of leaving the place - but my conscience did not allow me after seeing the condition of the youths,” he said.

The actor-turned-politician said he realised that that it was his duty to take the injured youths to the hospital.

“I asked the villagers to help carry the injured men into my car,” he said.

“Two of my co-travellers vacated their seats and volunteered to sit in the car’s trunk to accommodate the injured duo. I also asked two of the local villagers to accompany us. Together, we drove straightaway to a nearby hospital,” he added.

Tiwari, who is widely credited with having revived the moribund Bhojpuri cinema industry, said that both the youngsters were admitted to the emergency ward of a private hospital there.

“I kept on praying for their recovery. After their reports came in, the doctors declared them out of danger, though one of them had sustained injuries in the head,” he said.

Tiwari said that the doctors told him that timely treatment had saved them.

“Anything could have happened had they not reached hospital in time,” he said.

Tiwari said that he left the hospital only after the family members of the injured youths reached the hospital.