Rajvir Jawanda dies after 11 days on life support following motorcycle crash

Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda, 35, died on Wednesday in Mohali after spending 11 days on life support following a motorcycle crash near Baddi in Himachal Pradesh on September 27, hospital authorities said. Jawanda was declared dead at 10:55 a.m., officials at the Fortis Hospital in Mohali said, concluding nearly two weeks of intensive treatment for severe head and spinal injuries sustained in the accident.

According to accounts of the crash, Jawanda was riding toward Shimla on the Pinjore-Nalagarh Road when stray cattle, reported as two bulls locked in a fight, ran onto the roadway. He lost control while attempting to avoid them and his motorcycle collided with a Bolero vehicle coming from the opposite direction, multiple reports said. He was first taken to a local hospital, where he suffered a cardiac arrest, and was then transferred to Fortis Mohali for specialised care.

Medical teams at Fortis placed him on advanced life support and said his neurological condition remained critical, with minimal brain activity and no significant improvement during the period he was ventilated. Doctors had been treating severe head and spinal trauma as well as complications from the...