Bareilly: An ambulance carrying a patient and five of his family members crashed into a canter truck coming from the opposite direction as the driver was ‘probably’ asleep in UP. Bareilly Early on Tuesday. In the accident, all the seven passengers including the driver died on the spot. The collision turned the ambulance into a pile of metal and it took the police two hours to retrieve the bodies.
Additional SP (Rural) Rajkumar Agarwal said the victims were residents of Pilibhit and were on their way to a private medical college in Bareilly after examining the cancer patient. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi,
“They started late on Monday and the driver fell asleep at the wheel near Fatehganj West zone on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway. The ambulance jumped off the divider and crashed into a canter truck coming from the opposite direction. Three of the victims were women. ,” said ASP.
all seven were of the deceased Paharganj Village Under Bilsanda police station area of Pilibhit. The victims include Mohammad Khurshid (50), his wife Samiran (45), son Arif (19), daughter Nasreen (23), sister Sagir Bano (53), nephew Mohammad Zafar (20) and ambulance driver Mehndi Hassan (32). . According to police and local people, Sameeran was suffering from Gall Bladder Cancer. He was taken to AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Delhi, but he could not be admitted here.
According to a relative, the family had hired an ambulance from Bareilly on Monday and its driver was Mehndi Hasan, a resident of Bhojipura area of Bareilly. Hassan was driving non-stop for the last 24 hours as he took the patient to Delhi and then was returning to Bareilly without a break.
An eyewitness said, “There was a loud collision between the ambulance and the canter truck and by the time we got to the vehicle, the driver and four people had died, while two people died within minutes of the start of the rescue operation.” The ASP said, “The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and will be handed over to the next of kin. Police will provide all possible help to the surviving members of the family.” (with inputs from Keshav Agarwal)
Additional SP (Rural) Rajkumar Agarwal said the victims were residents of Pilibhit and were on their way to a private medical college in Bareilly after examining the cancer patient. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi,
“They started late on Monday and the driver fell asleep at the wheel near Fatehganj West zone on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway. The ambulance jumped off the divider and crashed into a canter truck coming from the opposite direction. Three of the victims were women. ,” said ASP.
all seven were of the deceased Paharganj Village Under Bilsanda police station area of Pilibhit. The victims include Mohammad Khurshid (50), his wife Samiran (45), son Arif (19), daughter Nasreen (23), sister Sagir Bano (53), nephew Mohammad Zafar (20) and ambulance driver Mehndi Hassan (32). . According to police and local people, Sameeran was suffering from Gall Bladder Cancer. He was taken to AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Delhi, but he could not be admitted here.
According to a relative, the family had hired an ambulance from Bareilly on Monday and its driver was Mehndi Hasan, a resident of Bhojipura area of Bareilly. Hassan was driving non-stop for the last 24 hours as he took the patient to Delhi and then was returning to Bareilly without a break.
An eyewitness said, “There was a loud collision between the ambulance and the canter truck and by the time we got to the vehicle, the driver and four people had died, while two people died within minutes of the start of the rescue operation.” The ASP said, “The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and will be handed over to the next of kin. Police will provide all possible help to the surviving members of the family.” (with inputs from Keshav Agarwal)