3 killed as ambulance knocks down bikers
Monday - June 18, 2018 5:26 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata June 18 (IANS) Three people including a couple were killed on Monday as a speeding ambulance lost control and knocked down a bike and a bicycle in West Bengal s Birbhum district police said.
The accident took place in the morning in Birbhum s Labhpur after one of the front tyres of the ambulance burst police said.
"The speeding ambulance took a sharp right turn after its front right tyre burst and knocked down a bike with two riders near Katoa-Suri road. Sheikh Giyasuddin and his wife Jesmine Bibi both died in the accident " the officer in-charge of Labhpur police station said.
"The ambulance also collided with a bicycle before overturning. The rider of the cycle got severely injured. He later died in the hospital " he said.
Police said the driver of the ambulance also sustained injuries and has been admitted to a hospital.
"No complaints have been registered yet. We are investigating the incident " the officer added.
--IANS mgr/mag/vd
The accident took place in the morning in Birbhum s Labhpur after one of the front tyres of the ambulance burst police said.
"The speeding ambulance took a sharp right turn after its front right tyre burst and knocked down a bike with two riders near Katoa-Suri road. Sheikh Giyasuddin and his wife Jesmine Bibi both died in the accident " the officer in-charge of Labhpur police station said.
"The ambulance also collided with a bicycle before overturning. The rider of the cycle got severely injured. He later died in the hospital " he said.
Police said the driver of the ambulance also sustained injuries and has been admitted to a hospital.
"No complaints have been registered yet. We are investigating the incident " the officer added.
--IANS mgr/mag/vd
