Coimbatore: A 108 ambulance driver and technician on Saturday foiled an attempt by two miscreants to rob a road accident victim of Rs 1.2 lakh.
Ravichandran, 54, a native of Madurai, was hit by a motorcycle on the 100 Feet Road. Ambulance pilot Suresh and technician Gopalakrishnan, who reached the spot, found two people trying to take money from Ravichandran’s handbag. When the duo confronted them, the men told them that they were relatives of the injured person. However, when the ambulance staff told them to accompany the injured person to the hospital, they fled the spot.
Suresh and Gopalakrishnan handed over the bag that contained Rs 1,20,547 to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) after admitting Ravichandran there.