Rajkot: Three, including a Covid-19 patient, died while one person was injured when the ambulance they were travelling in met with an accident in Halvad taluka of Morbi district on Saturday afternoon.
The Covid-infected patient, named Ali Mohammed Rehmatullah (78), was being taken to Ahmedabad for treatment from Morbi in an ambulance. The emergency vehicle rammed into a dumper truck near Sundargarh village in Halvad taluka. The driver of the sand-filled dumper truck turned his vehicle on to the highway from lay-by without noticing the approaching ambulance due to which the collision took place.
Besides Rehmatullah, his son Yasin Ali Mohammed (45) and the driver of ambulance Jeetu Zala (25) died on the spot. Yasin’s wife Rehana suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.