Four killed as ambulance carrying soldier's body hits parked truck on Purvanchal Expressway
An ambulance taking a deceased Army subedar major's body from Chandigarh to Deoria crashed into a parked truck near Sultanpur, killing four people, police said.
Four people died when an ambulance carrying the mortal remains of an Army subedar major crashed on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district on Sunday morning, according to an Aaj Tak report.
The ambulance was travelling from Chandigarh, where the soldier was posted, to his home village in Deoria district. The accident took place under Haliyapur police station limits, near the 79.6 km mark of the expressway on the Ayodhya-Sultanpur border.
What police said
- Police said the ambulance was first hit by an unidentified vehicle.
- It then went out of control and rammed into a truck parked at the roadside.
- The impact was so strong that the ambulance was badly damaged.
- The ambulance driver and the soldier's son died at the spot; two other relatives who were injured died during treatment at a hospital in Ayodhya.
Police reached the site, sent the injured to hospital and took the bodies into custody for post-mortem. Legal action in the case is being taken, police said.
Why it matters for ambulance owners and drivers
- The report shows the risk to vehicles on high-speed expressways, including vehicles parked at the roadside.
- Operators carrying patients or bodies over long distances face the same risks as emergency runs.
Read the full report at the source: Aaj Tak
This is a summary written by the Ambulance Owner Association. The facts are from the source named above.