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Odisha: Three killed in ambulance-truck collision

Three people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a truck and an ambulance in Odisha's Jajpur. The mishap took place early morning when the ambulance carrying a patient and four attendants were travelling on NH-16 while the driver failed to spot the truck and hit its rear.

Odisha: Three killed in ambulance-truck collision
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Published : Sep 9, 2019, 9:29 PM IST

Jajpur: At least three occupants of an ambulance, including its driver, were killed and three others seriously injured when the vehicle hit a stationary truck in Odisha's Jajpur district on Monday.

"The mishap took place early morning when the ambulance carrying a patient and four attendants were crossing Chhatia Chhak on NH-16 in Jajpur district," said Deepak Kumar Jena, the inspector-in charge of Barachana police station.

The ambulance was on way from Dasarathpur area in Jajpur district to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

"Its driver failed to spot the truck and hit its rear. Under its impact two of its passengers were killed on the spot, while four others including the driver of the ambulance sustained serious injuries," he said.

Locals rushed to the spot and informed the local police station and Chandikhole fire office, whose personnel reached the spot and rescued the injured from the mangled vehicle, the IIC said.

"The four injured were rushed to SCBMH where the driver succumbed to his injuries," the police said.

The condition of the three injured persons is stated to be critical by doctors attending on them.

"We have seized the mangled ambulance and also the stationary truck and are investigating the incident," said Deepak Kumar Jena, inspector-in-charge of Barachana police station.

"Condition of the three injured persons is stated to be critical," he said.

Police said the ambulance driver was identified but the identity of the other two dead is yet to be known.

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Jajpur: At least three occupants of an ambulance, including its driver, were killed and three others seriously injured when the vehicle hit a stationary truck in Odisha's Jajpur district on Monday.

"The mishap took place early morning when the ambulance carrying a patient and four attendants were crossing Chhatia Chhak on NH-16 in Jajpur district," said Deepak Kumar Jena, the inspector-in charge of Barachana police station.

The ambulance was on way from Dasarathpur area in Jajpur district to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

"Its driver failed to spot the truck and hit its rear. Under its impact two of its passengers were killed on the spot, while four others including the driver of the ambulance sustained serious injuries," he said.

Locals rushed to the spot and informed the local police station and Chandikhole fire office, whose personnel reached the spot and rescued the injured from the mangled vehicle, the IIC said.

"The four injured were rushed to SCBMH where the driver succumbed to his injuries," the police said.

The condition of the three injured persons is stated to be critical by doctors attending on them.

"We have seized the mangled ambulance and also the stationary truck and are investigating the incident," said Deepak Kumar Jena, inspector-in-charge of Barachana police station.

"Condition of the three injured persons is stated to be critical," he said.

Police said the ambulance driver was identified but the identity of the other two dead is yet to be known.

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Three killed in ambulance-truck collision
         Jajpur (Odisha), Sep 9 (PTI) At least three occupants
of an ambulance, including its driver were killed and three
others seriously injured when the vehicle hit a stationary
truck in Odisha's Jajpur district on Monday.
         The mishap took place early morning when the ambulance
carrying a patient and four attendants was crossing Chhatia
Chhak on NH-16 in Jajpur district, said Deepak Kumar Jena,
inspector-in-charge of Barachana police station.
         The ambulance was on way from Dasarathpur area in
Jajpur district to SCB Medical College and Hospital in
Cuttack.
         The ambulance driver failed to spot the truck and hit
its rear. Under its impact two of its passengers were killed
on the spot, while four others including the driver of the
ambulance sustained serious injuries, he said.
         Locals rushed to the spot and informed the local
police station and Chandikhole fire office, whose personnel
reached the spot and rescued the injured from the mangled
vehicle, the IIC said.
         The four injured were rushed to SCBMH where the driver
succumbed to his injuries, the police said.
         The condition of the three injured persons is stated
to be critical by doctors attending on them.
         We have seized the mangled ambulance and also the
stationary truck and are investigating the incident, said
Deepak Kumar Jena, inspector-in-charge of Barachana police
station.
         Condition of the three injured persons is stated to
be critical, he said.
         Police said the ambulance driver was identified but
the identity of the other two dead is yet to be known.
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