This Newscaster Had To Break News Of Her Husband's Death On Live TV
She held her composure.
By John Lim — 10 Apr 2017, 12:05 PM
A newscaster in India has discovered that her husband was the victim of a car crash while reporting the story live on air
Supreet Kaur was handling the morning shift for Chhattisgarh broadcaster IBC24 when the breaking news was phoned in
The 28-year-old news anchor was speaking to a local reporter who called in a story about a fatal road crash on Sunday, 9 April.
Although the reporter did not name the three victims, Surpreet realised her husband Harsad Kawade was among the dead from the details of the story.
Nevertheless, she held her composure and continued broadcasting for another 10 minutes
“For a moment her voice trembled, but she collected herself and carried on reading the news till the bulletin got over 10 minutes later,” said Ravikant Mittal, IBC24’s editor-in-chief as quoted by [The Indian Express](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/chhattisgarh-news-anchor-learns-of-husbands-death-while-readi....
When the cameras went off, Surpreet broke down in tears and immediately called the reporter for more details from the accident site before informing her family about the tragic event
"It speaks volumes about her sense of duty and professionalism that she continued, and kept her calm for another 10 minutes. The instant the cameras went off, she began calling her relatives and broke down into tears," Mittal said.
She had been married for just over a year and lived in Raipur, Chhattisgarh’s capital.
Supreet, who had been working with IBC24 since it launched nine years ago, was praised on social media for her composure and professionalism
According to the World Health Organisation, India’s roads are among the world’s deadliest, with more than 200,000 fatalities each year
Poorly maintained roads and lax enforcement of driving rules are often blamed, though drivers are also poorly trained and can easily pay bribes to secure a licence.