Ambulance skid off, killing 4

Four persons were killed after a speeding ambulance crashed into a toll plaza after skidding off a wet road in Karnataka’s Udupi district on Wednesday.

The incident happened at Shirur toll gate counter when the vehicle was proceeding to Kundapur hospital from Honnavar.

In a chilling video that has surfaced online, the ambulance driver is seen losing control over the vehicle while making an attempt to cross the toll gate. Within seconds, it rammed into the toll plaza and overturned.

The incident happened at around 4.07 pm when the ambulance, carrying a patient named Gajanan Nayak, along with his wife and relatives, was heading to a Kundapur hospital.

While the occupants got thrown out of the vehicle due to the impact of the crash, the ambulance rammed a staff working at the plaza.

The patient, his wife and their relatives were seriously injured and were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they breathed their last.

The deceased persons have been identified as Manjunatha Madeva Naika, Lokesh Naika, Jyothi Naika and Gajanana Laxman Naika, all residents of Hadigeri Honnavar. The toll plaza staff — identified as Sambaj Ghorpade — sustained serious injuries.

The Byndoor police have registered a case and an investigation is on. Ambulance driver Roshan Rodrigues is out of danger.