Driver flees abandoning suspected corona person

TNN | May 4, 2020, 04:04 IST

Varanasi: High drama was created in Modh area of Bhadohi district when the driver of an ambulance carrying a Covid-19 suspected person, fled after abandoning the vehicle in the middle of the road on late Saturday night.
Modh police outpost in-charge Sunil Kumar Yadav said that the ambulance had met a minor accident and stopped in a market. Some locals gathered there and on becoming aware of the presence of a Covid-19 suspect case inside the ambulance they sought explanation from the driver for stopping the vehicle there. Sensing danger the driver fled the scene.
The Covid-19 suspected person also tried to escape but the police stopped him and convinced him to stay inside the vehicle. He was later sent to the district hospital in another ambulance.
Yadav said, a local youth had returned from Delhi, where he worked, on foot. However, he was not allowed to enter the village and the CHC Suriyava officials arranged an ambulance to take him to district hospital for screening and sample collection.