A 35-year-old ambulance driver was killed instantly after he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a median barrier near B.N. Reddy Nagar in Vanasthalipuram police limits, in Hyderabad, early hours on July 25. The victim was identified as Mahesh, a driver at a private hospital in Malakpet.
The incident, the police said, took place at around 4 a.m., when Mahesh, reportedly after dropping a patient at Ibrahimpatnam was proceeding towards the Nagarjunasagar Ring Road. He was about to cross the B.N. Reddy intersection, near the Chaitanya Nagar arch, when the ambulance crashed into the median barrier.
Soon, locals and passersby removed Mahesh, the only occupant in the ambulance, but he had already breathed his last. The victim’s body was taken to the Osmania General Hospital for further procedure.
